Brightwaters NSW 2264

Living Here

Brightwaters is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 875 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,419 a week, with median rent near $390 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bonnells Bay - Silverwater statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brightwaters itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Brightwaters Christian College
  • Bonnells Bay Public School
  • Mannering Park Public School
  • Heritage College Lake Macquarie
  • Gwandalan Public School
  • Eraring Primary School
• 1 supermarket

  • Coles
• 10 parks

  • Brightwaters Hall Reserve
  • Irene Auston Reserve
  • Waterside Reserve
  • Sunshine Park
  • Sunshine Baths Reserve
  • Casuarina Point Reserve
  • Balcolyn Hall Reserve
  • Pendlebury Park
  • Shingle Splitters
  • Sandy Beach Reserve
• 4 hospitals

  • Morisset Hospital
  • Moriseset Comunity Health Centre
  • Toronto Private Hospital
  • Belmont Hospital
• 2 libraries

  • Gwandalan Library
  • Morisset Library
• 3 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Summerland Point Post Office
  • Mannering Park Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Mirrabooka Motors
• 1 gym

  • Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club
• 1 golf club

  • Toronto Country Club
• 4 places to stay

  • The Bay Hotel Motel
  • Ingenia Holidays Lake Macquarie
  • Mecca Caravan Park
  • Chain Valley Bay Van Village

Getting around. Train station: Morisset, 5.4 km west · Bus interchange: Morisset Bus Interchange, 5.3 km west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 11.1 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 69% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 51.2%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,198 bird observations recorded near Brightwaters — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,199)
• Noisy Miner (725)
• Laughing Kookaburra (511)
• Australian Magpie (491)
• Australian Wood Duck (477)
• Australian Pelican (391)
• Regent Honeyeater (384)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (348)
• Crested Pigeon (347)
• Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (336)
• Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (329)
• Masked Lapwing (298)
• Little Pied Cormorant (285)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Brightwaters:

• Morisset Park (1.1 km)
• Mirrabooka (1.1 km)
• Windermere Park (1.3 km)
• Sunshine (1.8 km)
• Yarrawonga Park (1.8 km)
• Bonnells Bay (2 km)
• Silverwater (2.2 km)
• Balcolyn (2.4 km)

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