| Type: | suburb |
| Highfields | |
| City: | Greater Newcastle |
| State: | nsw |
| Alternative Location Map: | Australia Hunter Central Coast |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 13 |
| Lga: | City of Lake Macquarie |
| Postcode: | 2289 |
| Pop: | 936 |
| Area: | 0.4 |
| Parish: | Kahibah |
| Stategov: | Charlestown |
| Fedgov: | Shortland |
| Dist1: | 8 |
| Dir1: | WSW |
| Location1: | Newcastle |
| Dist2: | 2 |
| Dir2: | NE |
| Location2: | Charlestown |
| Near-Nw: | Adamstown Heights |
| Near-N: | Adamstown Heights |
| Near-Ne: | Merewether |
| Near-W: | Adamstown Heights |
| Near-E: | Merewether |
| Near-Sw: | Charlestown |
| Near-S: | Kahibah |
| Near-Se: | Whitebridge |
Highfields is a residential suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 8km (05miles) west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district near the Charlestown town centre. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.[1]