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How much do security guards cost in Newcastle?

By The WTD Editorial Team · Last reviewed November 2026 · Methodology

Updated November 2026·Independently researched·11 min read

A static security guard in Newcastle runs $40–$60 per hour

for a weekday day shift, as published by security firms (mostly ex GST where stated) - night, weekend, public holiday, event and patrol rates below

A Beresfield freight yard that wants its gates checked through the night pays $30–$60 per patrol visit, with $35 typical, rather than a guard standing there until morning. A Charlestown Square store that wants a guard on the floor for weekday trade books one 8-hour shift at $280–$480.

+3.3% Security Guards costs in Newcastle are up around 3.3% over the past year, re-verified against 90+ sources in November 2026. Year on year

Typical static guard rate in Newcastle, weekday day shift

$45

per guard per hour, Newcastle 2026, as published

Static security guard, weekday day shift

$40-$60

Static guard, night or weekend shift

$55-$75

Static guard, public holiday

$80-$120

$40$45$60

Guard hire in Newcastle starts from one hourly rate and moves with the clock. On a weekday day shift a static guard costs $40–$60 per hour; push the same booking into a weeknight or a weekend and it becomes $55–$75 per hour, and on a public holiday $80–$120. Firms also set a minimum booking, so a Beaumont Street Hamilton shop that wants someone for an hour at close still pays for the minimum.

The officer you ask for changes the line on the quote. Honeysuckle office buildings book concierge or front-desk officers at $40–$65 per hour to run the foyer; a waterfront function books event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour; and a Darby Street Cooks Hill bar books licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour for the door on Friday and Saturday nights.

Builds and yards are priced their own way. A Hunter Street apartment job pays $45–$70 per hour for a construction site guard and $500–$750 for one 10-hour overnight shift; a Mayfield West or Thornton yard can sign a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month instead. A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event, and a council-run hall that sets its own charge prices event guards at $68–$198 per guard per hour.

Quick answerA static security guard in Newcastle costs $40–$60 per hour for a weekday day shift in 2026, with $45 typical, $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday. Event security guards run $45–$70 per guard per hour, licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour and a mobile patrol $30–$60 per site visit. Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Get free Newcastle quotes →

Security Guards Prices in Newcastle 2026: Cost Table, Price List and Hourly Rates

Service	Low	Typical	High
Static security guard, weekday day shift	$40per hour	$45	$60
Event security guard	$45per guard per hour	$55	$70
Licensed crowd controller (venues, events)	$55per guard per hour	$60	$85
Mobile patrol, per site visit	$30per visit	$35	$60
Static guard, public holiday	$80per hour	$100	$120
Static guard, night or weekend shift	$55per hour	$65	$75
Concierge or front-desk security officer	$40per hour	$50	$65
Construction site guard	$45per hour	$50	$70
Overnight site guard, one 10-hour shift	$500per shift	$650	$750
Static guard, one 8-hour weekday shift	$280per shift	$360	$480
Mobile patrol contract, one site, nightly patrols	$400per month	$600	$1,200
Private party or wedding, 2 guards for 6 hours	$660per event	$780	$840
Event security guard at a council venue (council-set hourly charge)	$68per guard per hour	$80	$198

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Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Newcastle and the Hunter, November 2026.

How much does a security guard cost per hour in Newcastle?$40–$60 per hour for a static guard on a weekday day shift, $45 typical. The rate climbs to $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, and one 8-hour weekday shift is priced at $280–$480 per shift.

What do event security and patrols cost in Newcastle?Event security guards run $45–$70 per guard per hour and licensed crowd controllers $55–$85 per guard per hour. A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit, or $400–$1,200 per month on a contract of nightly patrols for one site.

Worked Security Guards Cost Scenarios — Newcastle

Three Newcastle jobs priced from the rows on this page: a function on the Honeysuckle waterfront, a logistics yard at Beresfield and an apartment build on Hunter Street. The rows named are the starting point; your quote prices your own hours and site.

Honeysuckle waterfront function. An industry dinner at a Honeysuckle venue has event security guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour ($55 typical) on the entry and the cloakroom, and two licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour on the waterfront doors after the speeches, with the finish time fixed on the booking so the last hour is not open-ended.
Beresfield logistics yard, nightly patrols. A transport operator with a fenced yard at Beresfield signs a nightly patrol contract for the one site at $400–$1,200 per month ($600 typical), adds single patrol visits at $30–$60 each on nights a truck is parked loaded, and keeps a static guard at $80–$120 per hour for the public holiday weekend when the yard sits full.
Hunter Street apartment build. A builder on a Hunter Street apartment site keeps a construction site guard at $45–$70 per hour ($50 typical) on the hoarding gate while deliveries arrive, then books one 10-hour overnight site guard at $500–$750 per shift on the nights the scaffold is up and fixtures are stored on the floors.

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Prices are as published by security firms and councils, mostly ex GST where a basis is stated. Newcastle and the Hunter, November 2026.

Security Guards Costs by Sector in Newcastle

Newcastle's guard work spreads from the CBD, Hunter Street and Honeysuckle to the bars of Darby Street Cooks Hill, Beaumont Street Hamilton and Glebe Road The Junction, the events of Merewether, the yards of Mayfield West, Beresfield, Cardiff and Thornton, the centres at Westfield Kotara, Charlestown Square and Marketown, and the office parks at Warabrook and Charlestown.

Honeysuckle and Hunter Street: foyers and builds - Concierge or front-desk officers at $40–$65 per hour in the Honeysuckle office buildings, and construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour on the Hunter Street apartment and fit-out sites, with overnight shifts at $500–$750 where materials are stored on site.
Darby Street Cooks Hill and Beaumont Street Hamilton venues - Licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour on the door through the late trading nights, and a patrol visit at $30–$60 after close for a venue that wants its back lane and bins checked.
Mayfield West, Beresfield, Cardiff and Thornton yards - Nightly patrol contracts for one site at $400–$1,200 per month, single visits at $30–$60, and a static guard at $55–$75 per hour for a weekend shutdown when plant sits idle in the yard.
Westfield Kotara, Charlestown Square and Marketown retail - A static guard at $40–$60 per hour for weekday trade, one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480, and $80–$120 per hour where a store trades on a public holiday; a chain with stores in all three centres should ask for a single rate card.
Warabrook and Charlestown office parks - Front-desk officers at $40–$65 per hour for business hours and a nightly patrol at $30–$60 per visit once the car parks empty, which suits a park that does not need a guard on site overnight.

What Newcastle Security Guards Jobs Actually Cost

Newcastle bookings on plain weekday cover sit near the typical figures. A Warabrook office park desk on a business-hours roster books a concierge officer close to $50 per hour, and a Westfield Kotara store guard on a weekday close to $45 per hour, inside the $40–$60 band. Jobs move up the table when they move into the night or the weekend at $55–$75 per hour or onto a public holiday at $80–$120, which is where Darby Street and Beaumont Street venue doors and weekend yard shutdowns sit.

The western yards and the Hunter Street builds buy by the shift and the visit. A Beresfield or Thornton yard pays $30–$60 per patrol visit or $400–$1,200 per month on a nightly contract; a Hunter Street site pays $45–$70 per hour for a construction site guard and $500–$750 for each 10-hour overnight shift. Honeysuckle and Merewether events book event guards at $45–$70 per guard per hour, and a private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event.

What Affects Security Guards Costs in Newcastle

Newcastle guard quotes turn on the roster hours, the officer type and whether the site needs a guard on it at all.

Weekday, weekend or public holiday - A static guard is $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift, $55–$75 per hour on nights and weekends and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, so a Marketown store rostered across a long weekend pays three different rates in four days.
Short jobs and the minimum booking - Firms bill short jobs to a minimum booking, so a guard for an hour at close on Glebe Road The Junction costs the minimum; a full 8-hour weekday shift is priced at $280–$480.
Foyer, event or door work - A Honeysuckle foyer officer at $40–$65 per hour, a function guard at $45–$70 and a licensed crowd controller at $55–$85 per guard per hour are three different bookings, and a quote that blends them hides which one you are paying for.
Overnight cover on a build - A Hunter Street apartment site pays $45–$70 per hour for a day guard and $500–$750 per 10-hour overnight shift; whether the guard stays at the gate or walks the floors should be written into the quote.
Yard size and visit length - A Mayfield West or Cardiff yard on patrols pays $30–$60 per visit; a large yard with several gates and a long walk takes longer per visit than a single compound, and that time sets where the visit price lands.
Private and council venues - A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event, and a council-run hall that sets its own event security charge bills $68–$198 per guard per hour, so ask the venue before booking a firm of your own.

How to Control Security Guards Costs in Newcastle

The lever in Newcastle is booking only the cover the site needs: patrols for locked yards, a guard on site only while there is something to watch, and one firm on one rate card for every location.

A Beresfield, Thornton or Cardiff yard that is fenced and locked can trial a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month before paying $500–$750 per overnight guard shift.
On a Hunter Street build, roster overnight guards for the stretch when fixtures and copper are on the floors, and drop to patrols once the building can be locked up.
A Charlestown Square, Westfield Kotara or Marketown retailer can book one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480 instead of several short bookings, each billed to the minimum.
For a Honeysuckle or Merewether function, agree the guard count, the start and the finish in writing, and ask the venue whether its own staff already cover the cloakroom.

What a Compliant Security Guards Quote Includes — Cost in Newcastle

Before comparing Newcastle quotes, check each one prices the same shifts at the same rate type - weekday day, night or weekend, public holiday - states the minimum booking, and lists event guards, crowd controllers, concierge officers and patrols on their own lines with the GST basis stated.

The hourly rate for each shift type: weekday day shifts at $40–$60, night or weekend shifts at $55–$75 and public holidays at $80–$120 per hour
The minimum booking length, and what a whole shift comes to - one 8-hour weekday shift at $280–$480 or one 10-hour overnight shift at $500–$750
Event security guards at $45–$70 and licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour, with the guard count and the hours on site written down
Mobile patrols at $30–$60 per site visit, or a nightly patrol contract at $400–$1,200 per month, with the visits per night and what each visit checks
Construction site guards at $45–$70 per hour, with day cover and overnight cover shown as separate lines
Concierge or front-desk security officers at $40–$65 per hour, with the duties - visitor sign-in, deliveries, floor rounds - listed
For a private party or wedding, the per-event price of $660–$840 for 2 guards for 6 hours; at a council venue, whether the council's own charge of $68–$198 per guard per hour applies instead
The licence numbers held by each guard and by the company supplying them, with the company's ABN and public liability insurance
A single GST basis across every line, with public holiday dates, cancellation terms and any travel charge for an outlying site stated

Security guards cost in Newcastle: Honeysuckle, Hunter Street and the western yards

What security guards cost in Newcastle depends first on when the guard works. The weekday day rate is $40–$60 per hour (typically $45); nights and weekends run $55–$75 per hour (typically $65); public holidays $80–$120 per hour (typically $100). Many Newcastle buyers book by the shift instead: one 8-hour weekday static shift is $280–$480 and one 10-hour overnight site shift $500–$750.

The job itself sets the officer. A Warabrook or Honeysuckle foyer is a concierge officer at $40–$65 per hour; a Hunter Street build a construction site guard at $45–$70 per hour; a Merewether or Honeysuckle event a mix of event guards at $45–$70 and licensed crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; and a Cardiff or Mayfield West yard a patrol at $30–$60 per visit or $400–$1,200 per month on a nightly contract. A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event, and a council hall with its own event security charge bills $68–$198 per guard per hour.

Service NSW says that anyone working in the security industry in NSW must hold the appropriate Class 1 or Class 2 security operative licence, that the Class 1 subclasses include 1A Security Officer, and that the licence is applied for with the Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate (NSW Police Force). It also says that any business that employs or subcontracts people to carry on defined security activities, unless exempted by security industry legislation, must hold a master licence, and that the people employed or subcontracted under it must hold Class 1 or Class 2 security operator licences. Before signing, have the Newcastle firm write its master licence number on the quote and list the operative licence number of every guard rostered to the site.

Security guards cost by shift type and site in Newcastle

Quick answerIn Newcastle the booking sets the price: a Glebe Road The Junction shop after a break-in pays $55–$75 per hour for a few nights, a Charlestown office foyer $40–$65 per hour on weekdays, and a Hunter Street build $45–$70 per hour by day with $500–$750 per overnight shift.

Hours on the roster drive a Newcastle guard bill more than anything else. Weekday day cover is $40–$60 per hour; move it to Saturday or into the night and it is $55–$75; a public holiday is $80–$120. A Westfield Kotara retailer that rosters a guard for one 8-hour weekday shift pays $280–$480, and the same retailer covering a public holiday pays the holiday rate for every hour of it.

The site decides whether a guard needs to be there at all. A Thornton or Beresfield yard that is fenced and locked can use patrols at $30–$60 per visit or $400–$1,200 per month; a Hunter Street site with fixtures on the floors wants a guard through the night at $500–$750 per 10-hour shift; a Honeysuckle function wants event guards at $45–$70 and crowd controllers at $55–$85 per guard per hour; and a Merewether wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event.

Frequently Asked Questions — Security Guards Cost in Newcastle

What is the price of security guards in Newcastle?

From our Newcastle table: a static guard is $40–$60 per hour on a weekday day shift (typically $45), $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift (typically $65) and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday (typically $100); a mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit.

How much does a security guard cost per hour in Newcastle?

A static guard on a weekday day shift costs $40–$60 per hour in Newcastle, with $45 typical, and a concierge or front-desk security officer $40–$65 per hour, typically $50. A Honeysuckle or Warabrook foyer desk is normally a standing weekday roster; a single Darby Street Cooks Hill business that needs cover for a few nights after a break-in books short shifts, each one billed to the firm's minimum.

How much does event security cost in Newcastle?

Going by our Newcastle table, an event security guard is $45–$70 per guard per hour, typically $55, and a licensed crowd controller $55–$85 per guard per hour, typically $60. For a Honeysuckle function or a Merewether event in Newcastle, ask the firm how many guards it would put on the entry and the doors, and whether the crowd controllers are a separate line.

What does a mobile security patrol cost in Newcastle?

A mobile patrol is $30–$60 per site visit on our Newcastle table, with $35 typical, and a contract of nightly patrols on one site $400–$1,200 per month, typically $600; the visit count and what each visit checks decide where a quote lands.

What licence should a Newcastle security company hold?

Service NSW says that anyone working in the security industry in NSW must hold the appropriate Class 1 or Class 2 security operative licence, that the Class 1 subclasses include 1A Security Officer, and that the licence is applied for with the Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate (NSW Police Force). It also says that any business that employs or subcontracts people to carry on defined security activities, unless exempted by security industry legislation, must hold a master licence, and that the people employed or subcontracted under it must hold Class 1 or Class 2 security operator licences. In Newcastle, ask for the company's master licence number and each guard's operative licence number in writing, and confirm the names on the roster match the guards who turn up.

How much does a construction site security guard cost in Newcastle?

A construction site guard is $45–$70 per hour on our Newcastle table, with $50 typical; where the cover runs through the night, an overnight site guard on one 10-hour shift is priced at $500–$750 per shift.

What do security guards cost on weekends and public holidays in Newcastle?

A static guard costs $55–$75 per hour for a night or weekend shift in Newcastle, with $65 typical, and $80–$120 per hour on a public holiday, typically $100. Charlestown Square and Marketown stores that trade through the holidays, and Mayfield West or Cardiff yards that shut down over a long weekend, should ask for the weekday, weekend and public holiday rates on one quote before the roster is set.

How much does security for a private party or wedding cost in Newcastle?

A private party or wedding with 2 guards for 6 hours is $660–$840 per event on our Newcastle table, with $780 typical; at a council venue that sets its own event security charge, the guard is priced at $68–$198 per guard per hour, typically $80. For a Newcastle wedding at a Merewether or Honeysuckle venue, ask whether the venue already supplies its own guards, and agree the finish time so the 6 hours are counted from the right start.

What does a full security shift cost in Newcastle?

One 8-hour weekday shift for a static guard costs $280–$480 per shift on our Newcastle table, with $360 typical, and one 10-hour overnight site shift $500–$750, typically $650. In Newcastle, ask whether an overnight shift on a Hunter Street site includes a written log at hand-over, and whether a guard asked to stay past the shift is billed at the hourly rate.