Cardiff Heights NSW 2285

Living Here

Cardiff Heights is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,384 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,850 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cardiff Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 50 schools

  • Cardiff North Public School
  • Saint Kevin's Primary School
  • New Lambton Heights Infants School
  • Wallsend South Public School
  • Garden Suburb Public School
  • Glendale East Public School
  • Cardiff Public School
  • Cardiff High School, Warners Bay
  • Newcastle Waldorf School
  • Vedic Education Centre

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• 5 cafés & restaurants

  • The Heights Cafe and Bistro
  • Durks Cafe
  • Croudace Tea House
  • Papa Franco Piza Pasta
  • The Letter Q
• 5 supermarkets

  • Aldi
  • Woolworths
  • Ritchies Supa IGA
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
• 30 parks

  • Hancock Park
  • Murabarnbah Park
  • Straker Park
  • Hollywood Parade Park
  • Campbell Reserve
  • Wilkinson Park
  • Willow Close Reserve
  • Max Street Reserve
  • Elermore Vale Park
  • Jenny Close Reserve

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• 10 Catholic churches

  • Saint Kevin's Catholic Church
  • Saint Philips
  • St Therese's Church
  • St Mary's
  • Catholic Church
  • Our Lady of Victories Church
  • Corpus Christi Catholic Church
  • Saint Columban’s
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary
• 3 pharmacies

  • Chemmart
  • Star Discount Chemist
  • Chemistworks
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Awabakal Medical Centre - Cardiff (Women and Children's Clinic)
  • Main Road Medical Centre
• 5 dentists

  • Pacifc Smiles
  • Wallsend Dental Clinic
  • New Lambton Family Dental
  • Pacific Smiles
  • Affordable Dental Charlestown
• 3 physiotherapists

  • Jesmond Physiotherapy
  • Regent Street Physiotherapy
  • Newcastle Integrated Physiotherapy
• 6 optometrists

  • nib Eye Care
  • OPSM
  • Sunglasses Hut
  • Bupa Optical
  • Specsavers
  • Rodgers Optical Services
• 14 hospitals

  • Pendlebury Clinc Private Hospital
  • Royal Newcastle Centre
  • Rankin Park Centre
  • John Hunter Hospital
  • Newcastle Private Hospital
  • Warners Bay Private Hospital
  • Newcastle Eye Hospital
  • Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
  • Calvary Mater Hospital
  • Hunter New England Mental Health Service

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• 9 vets

  • Cardiff Veterinary Hospital
  • Wallsend Vet
  • The Lake Vet Hospital
  • Lambton Veterinary Clinic
  • Animal Referral and Emergency Centre
  • Brunker Road Veterinary Hospital
  • Warners Bay Vet
  • New Lambton Veterinary Clinic
  • Cameron Park Vet Hospital
• 6 childcare & kindergartens

  • Cardiff Community Pre-School
  • St Nicholas Early Education Cardiff
  • Elemore Vale Early Learning Centre
  • Bluebird Early Education Cardiff
  • Glendale Early Education Centre
  • Possum Place
• 10 libraries

  • Cardiff Library
  • Wallsend District Library
  • Charlestown Library
  • New Lambton Library
  • Lambton Library
  • Adamstown Library
  • Edgeworth Library
  • Student Hub
  • Auchmuty Library
  • Speers Point Library
• 8 post offices

  • Wallsend South Post Office
  • Glendale Post Office
  • Kotara East Post Office
  • Kotara Post Office
  • Wallsend Post Office
  • Charlestown Post Shop
  • Jesmond Post Shop
  • New Lambton Post Office
• 11 service stations

  • United
  • EG Ampol
  • Hodge Petroleum
  • Shell
  • EG Ampol
  • 7 Eleven
  • Shell
  • BP
  • Shell
  • 7-Eleven

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• 10 gyms & sports centres

  • Lake Macquarie Tennis Centre
  • Hunter Sports Centre
  • Snap Fitness
  • Jenny Craig
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Fitstop
  • Alder Park Bowling Club
  • Genetics Fitness
  • Red Alert
  • Indoor Sports Centre
• 5 golf clubs

  • Charlestown Golf Course
  • Waratah Golf Club
  • Merewether Golf Course
  • Shortland Waters Golf Club
  • Sugar Valley Golf Course
• 5 dog parks

  • Upper Reserve Off-Leash Area
  • Russell Quarry Oval
  • Kindyerra Park
  • Acacia Avenue Dog Park
  • Adamstown Dog Off-Leash Area
• 1 bakery

  • Banjo's Bakery Cafe
• 4 butchers

  • Wallsend Prime Butcher & Grocery
  • Craig Cook
  • Regent Street Deli
  • Adams Family Meats
• 10 hardware stores

  • NHS Warner's Bay
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • RSEA Safety
  • Mitre 10
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Affordable Wardrobes
  • Gasweld
  • Newcastle Home Timber And Hardware
  • Lockwood Floor Coverings
• 7 mechanics

  • mycar Tyre & Auto
  • Goodyear
  • C&C's Mechanical
  • Nova Auto Innovations
  • Adamstown Car Doctors
  • Rudi’s
  • New Lambton Service Centre
• 2 electricians

  • Rix Electrical Contracting
  • AVE Technologies
• 1 plumber

  • Clarkies Plumbing
• 14 places to stay

  • Cardiff Motor Inn
  • Ibis Budget
  • Jesmond Executive Villas
  • Surf Beach Motel Newcastle
  • Apollo International Hotel
  • Panorama Motor Inn
  • Mercure Charlestown Hotel
  • Warners at the Bay
  • Macquarie Inn
  • Cosmo Motel Adamstown

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Getting around. Train station: Cardiff, 1.3 km south-west · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 8 km east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 14.9 km south.

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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: 33% 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 2.6% · Labour-force participation 59.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

63,676 bird observations recorded near Cardiff Heights — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (4,473)
• Noisy Miner (3,859)
• Australian Magpie (3,772)
• Laughing Kookaburra (2,892)
• Australian Raven (2,809)
• Eastern Rosella (2,372)
• Pacific Black Duck (2,360)
• Magpie-lark (2,216)
• Superb Fairy-wren (2,182)
• Red-browed Finch (2,121)
• Chestnut Teal (2,039)
• Black Swan (2,015)
• Eurasian Coot (1,983)

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 Cardiff Heights:

• Rankin Park (1.1 km)
• New Lambton Heights (1.2 km)
• Garden Suburb (1.4 km)
• Cardiff (1.6 km)
• Elermore Vale (1.8 km)
• Cardiff South (2.4 km)
• Glendale (2.4 km)
• Kotara South (2.5 km)

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