Buttaba NSW 2283

Living Here

Buttaba is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,204 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $410 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% 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 Wangi Wangi - Rathmines statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Buttaba itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 7 schools

  • Arcadia Vale Public School
  • Rathmines Public School
  • Wangi Wangi Public School
  • St Joseph's Primary School
  • Coal Point Public School
  • Toronto High School
  • Biraban Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Little Thai Monkey
• 3 supermarkets

  • IGA
  • IGA
  • IGA Wangi Plus Liquor
• 7 parks

  • Sylvan Park
  • Arcadia Reserve
  • Hillshot Park
  • Catalina Park
  • Rathmines Park
  • Dobell Memorial Park
  • Collard Reserve
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Joseph's Toronto Church
  • Saint Patrick's Church - Swansea
• 1 pharmacy

  • Guardian
• 7 hospitals

  • Toronto Private Hospital
  • Belmont Hospital
  • Morisset Hospital
  • Warners Bay Private Hospital
  • Moriseset Comunity Health Centre
  • Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
  • Pendlebury Clinc Private Hospital
• 2 libraries

  • Wangi Wangi Library
  • Toronto Library
• 2 post offices

  • Rathmines Post Office
  • Wangi Wangi Post Office
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Myuna Bay NSW Sport & Recreation Centre
  • Westlakes Automobile Club
• 3 golf clubs

  • Toronto Country Club
  • Belmont Golf & Bowls
  • Belmont Golf Club
• 1 playground

  • Arcadia Reserve Playground
• 2 bakeries

  • Rathmines Cake & Bread Shop
  • Wangi Wangi Bakehouse
• 1 butcher

  • vacant
• 2 hairdressers

  • Wangi Barber
  • Wangi Hair Retreat
• 4 places to stay

  • Summerhill Park
  • Wangi Point Lakeside Holiday Park
  • Catalina Motel Lake Macquarie
  • Swansea Gardens Lakeside Holiday Park

Getting around. Train station: Awaba, 5.7 km north-west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 6.5 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 83.8% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 58.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

29,872 bird observations recorded near Buttaba — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,677)
• Noisy Miner (1,558)
• Australian Magpie (1,518)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,465)
• Australian Pelican (1,425)
• Eastern Rosella (1,243)
• Australian Raven (1,153)
• White-faced Heron (1,125)
• Welcome Swallow (1,114)
• Crested Tern (1,043)
• Magpie-lark (1,002)
• Giinbaywarraymal (973)
• Grey Butcherbird (973)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Buttaba:

• Balmoral (0.7 km)
• Lake Macquarie (0.8 km)
• Arcadia Vale (1 km)
• Rathmines (1.2 km)
• Fishing Point (1.3 km)
• Wangi Wangi (2.2 km)
• Kilaben Bay (3.1 km)
• Coal Point (3.2 km)

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