5/53 Church St, The Hill NSW 2300
The Hill Unit
Technical details
How this sale compares
Sold for $645,000 in Aug 2025, up $213,500 (49%) on the $431,500 paid in Nov 2018. That is about 6.1% a year over 6.8 years.
Over the same period the median unit price in The Hill rose 60%, from $475,000 in 2018 to $760,000 in 2025.
The 2025 sale was 15% below the The Hill median unit price for that year ($760,000 across 53 sales).
Since then the median unit price in The Hill has risen 9%, from $760,000 in 2025 to $827,500 over the last 12 months (48 sales).
The Hill medians use NSW Valuer General sales of $50,000 or more, leaving out part-interest transfers and contracts covering several properties, and need at least 10 sales in the period. See The Hill sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
Units in postcode 2300 rented for a median $680 a week, from 795 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $645,000 on 12 Aug 2025, that rent is a gross yield of 5.5% a year, before costs and vacancies.
Median weekly rents from residential rental bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading, by postcode. This home's own rent may differ. See rents by bedrooms in The Hill.
Planning controls
- Zone
- R3 Medium Density Residential
- Minimum lot size
- 400 m² For subdividing the whole site, not one unit
- Heritage conservation area
- The Hill Heritage Conservation Area
From the Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2012 maps on the NSW Planning Portal, looked up at this address's map point on 22 Oct 2026. A control can cover only part of a site and plans change, so the council's planning certificate is the formal record. Planning data from the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, CC BY 4.0.
Related sales
Sale history
Sold is the contract date, when the sale was agreed. Settled is the date ownership transferred.
| Beds | Baths | Cars | Title reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Aug 2025 | 10 Sep 2025 | $645,000 | - | - | - | 5/SP21846 |
| 1 Nov 2018 | 7 Dec 2018 | $431,500 | - | - | - | 5/SP21846 |
$645,000 Sold 12 Aug 2025
Settled10 Sep 2025
Beds-
Baths-
Cars-
Title reference: 5/SP21846
$431,500 Sold 1 Nov 2018
Settled7 Dec 2018
Beds-
Baths-
Cars-
Title reference: 5/SP21846
Other sales at 53 Church St
The most recent sales of other units in this building. See every sale in the building.
| Beds | Baths | Cars | Title reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 25 Jun 2026 | 30 Jul 2026 | $1,380,000 | - | - | - | 3/SP21846 |
| 11 | 15 May 2025 | 26 Jun 2025 | $675,000 | - | - | - | 11/SP21846 |
| 8 | 17 Oct 2023 | 28 Nov 2023 | $860,000 | - | - | - | 8/SP21846 |
| 14 | 7 Jul 2023 | 18 Aug 2023 | $800,000 | - | - | - | 14/SP21846 |
| 11 | 8 Sep 2022 | 7 Oct 2022 | $70,000 | - | - | - | 11/SP21846 |
| 6 | 22 Dec 2021 | 17 Feb 2022 | $500,000 | - | - | - | 6/SP21846 |
| 11 | 28 Sep 2021 | 11 Nov 2021 | $542,000 | - | - | - | 11/SP21846 |
| 20 | 3 Aug 2021 | 31 Aug 2021 | $915,000 | - | - | - | 20/SP36566 |
| 3 | 31 Jul 2020 | 11 Sep 2020 | $940,000 | - | - | - | 3/SP21846 |
| 8 | 28 Apr 2020 | 26 May 2020 | $572,000 | - | - | - | 8/SP21846 |
$1,380,000 Sold 25 Jun 2026
Title reference: 3/SP21846
$675,000 Sold 15 May 2025
Title reference: 11/SP21846
$860,000 Sold 17 Oct 2023
Title reference: 8/SP21846
$800,000 Sold 7 Jul 2023
Title reference: 14/SP21846
$70,000 Sold 8 Sep 2022
Title reference: 11/SP21846
$500,000 Sold 22 Dec 2021
Title reference: 6/SP21846
$542,000 Sold 28 Sep 2021
Title reference: 11/SP21846
$915,000 Sold 3 Aug 2021
Title reference: 20/SP36566
$940,000 Sold 31 Jul 2020
Title reference: 3/SP21846
$572,000 Sold 28 Apr 2020
Title reference: 8/SP21846
Recent sales on Church St
Sold in the last two years.
- 5/39 Church St, The Hill 2300 $815,000 sold 23 Feb 2026
- 112 Church Street, The Hill 2300 $3,100,000 sold 19 Dec 2025, 465 m²
- 13/124 Church Street, The Hill 2300 $650,000 sold 10 Oct 2025
- 9/37 Church Street, The Hill 2300 $850,500 sold 24 Sep 2025
- 4/41 Church Street, The Hill 2300 $800,000 sold 22 Jul 2025
- 3/41 Church Street, The Hill 2300 $735,000 sold 27 Mar 2025
- 66 Church Street, The Hill 2300 $2,500,000 sold 17 Feb 2025, 153 m²
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 211/18 Brown St, Newcastle 2300 $205,000 sold 11 Sep 2026
- 608/5 Merewether St, Newcastle 2300 $755,000 sold 4 Sep 2026
- 112/11 Perkins St, Newcastle 2300 $745,000 sold 3 Sep 2026
- 75 Railway St, Cooks Hill 2300 $1,250,000 sold 28 Aug 2026, 139 m²
- 201/169 Hunter St, Newcastle 2300 $910,000 sold 20 Aug 2026
- 2/50 Wolfe St, Newcastle 2300 $915,000 sold 15 Aug 2026
- 403/11 Perkins St, Newcastle 2300 $612,500 sold 7 Aug 2026
- 149 Darby St, Cooks Hill 2300 $1,500,000 sold 4 Aug 2026, 257 m²