Coal Point NSW 2283

Living Here

Coal Point is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,749 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $2,148 a week, with median rent near $440 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% 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 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Toronto - Awaba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coal Point itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 13 schools

  • Coal Point Public School
  • Rathmines Public School
  • St Joseph's Primary School
  • Arcadia Vale Public School
  • Toronto Public School
  • Marks Point Public School
  • Toronto High School
  • Valentine Public School
  • Wangi Wangi Public School
  • St Francis Xaviers Primary School

  See all 13 schools near Coal Point →

• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 8 parks

  • Coal Point Primary School Naturespace & Community Hub
  • Catalina Park
  • Rathmines Park
  • Hillshot Park
  • Kilaben Park
  • Collard Reserve
  • Goffet Park
  • Edward Gain Park
• 1 beach

  • Naru Beach
• 3 Catholic churches

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

  • Macquarie Physio
• 7 hospitals

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

  • The Lake Veterinary Hospital
• 3 libraries

  • Toronto Library
  • Wangi Wangi Library
  • Belmont Library
• 5 post offices

  • Rathmines Post Office
  • Toronto Post Office
  • Marks Point Post Office
  • Wangi Wangi Post Office
  • Valentine Post Office
• 3 service stations

  • Ampol Foodary
  • Shell
  • BP
• 1 gym

  • Marks Point Bowling Club
• 3 golf clubs

  • Toronto Country Club
  • Belmont Golf & Bowls
  • Belmont Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Thomas H Halton Dog Park
• 1 bakery

  • Rathmines Cake & Bread Shop
• 1 butcher

  • vacant
• 1 electrician

  • Rix Electrical Contracting
• 13 places to stay

  • Belmont Pines Lakeside Holiday Park
  • Wangi Point Lakeside Holiday Park
  • Squid's Ink Motel
  • Belmont Bayview Park
  • Lakeview Motor Inn
  • Aquarius Motel
  • Lake Macquarie Motor Inn
  • Belmont Pelican Palms Motor Inn
  • Catalina Motel Lake Macquarie
  • Swansea Gardens Lakeside Holiday Park

  See all 13 places to stay near Coal Point →

Getting around. Train station: Fassifern, 6.7 km north-west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 4.5 km south-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: 39% 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 3.1% · Labour-force participation 55.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

34,047 bird observations recorded near Coal Point — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,268)
• Australian Magpie (1,838)
• Little Pied Cormorant (1,699)
• Noisy Miner (1,597)
• Silver Gull (1,567)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,521)
• Australian Pelican (1,417)
• Australian Wood Duck (1,263)
• Chestnut Teal (1,214)
• Black Swan (1,209)
• Australian Raven (1,207)
• Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (1,131)
• Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (1,086)

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 Coal Point:

• Carey Bay (1.6 km)
• Fishing Point (2.1 km)
• Kilaben Bay (2.3 km)
• Rathmines (2.4 km)
• Balmoral (2.8 km)
• Buttaba (3.2 km)
• Arcadia Vale (3.7 km)
• Toronto (3.7 km)

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