title: Hamilton East, New South Wales
text: # Hamilton East, New South Wales
  
  Hamilton East is an inner suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Newcastle's central business district.
  
  ## Population
  
  In the 2016 Census, there were 983 people in Hamilton East. 85.3% of people were born in Australia and 85.8% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.0%, Catholic 26.2% and Anglican 13.9%.
  
  