Fountaindale NSW 2258

Living Here

Fountaindale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 726 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,903 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 3% 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 Ourimbah - Fountaindale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fountaindale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 9 schools

  • Central Coast Rudolf Steiner School
  • Tuggerah Lakes College Berkeley Vale
  • Ourimbah Public School
  • Chittaway Bay Public School
  • Berkeley Vale Public School
  • Tuggerah Public School
  • St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
  • St Peters Catholic College
  • Lisarow Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Burns Rd Cafe
• 4 parks

  • Berkeley Vale Sporting Complex
  • Lara Close Reserve
  • Berkeley Park
  • Ashwood Close Reserve
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Cecilia's Church Wyong
  • Our Lady of the Rosary
• 1 dentist

  • Oral Surgery Ourimbah
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Lotus Naturopathy & Massage
  • OUR Physio Central Coast
• 1 optometrist

  • Coastwide Eye Surgery
• 8 hospitals

  • Berkeley Vale Private Hospital
  • Long Jetty Healthcare Centre
  • North Gosford Private Hospital
  • Gosford Hospital
  • Central Coast Day Hospital
  • Wyong Hospital
  • Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital
  • Think Well Hypnotherapy
• 4 vets

  • S.A.S.H. Central Coast
  • Ourimbah Veterinary Hospital
  • Tuggerah Veterinary Clinic
  • Tuggerah Animal Hospital
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Follyfoot Farm
  • Glenning Valley Childcare
• 2 libraries

  • Information Resource Centre
  • Tuggerah Library
• 2 post offices

  • Ourimbah Post Office
  • Australia Post
• 7 service stations

  • BP
  • Coles Express
  • Metro Petroleum
  • Ampol
  • United
  • Metro Petroleum
  • EG Australia
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Recalibrate Pilates
  • Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence
  • YMCA Mariners Aquatic Centre
  • Snap Fitness
• 3 golf clubs

  • Kooindah Waters Golf Course
  • Wyong Golf Course
  • Shelly Beach Golf Course
• 1 dog park

  • Tuggerah Oval
• 1 bakery

  • Heatherbrae’s Pies
• 4 hardware stores

  • Eatons Mitre 10 Ourimbah
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Sydney Tools
  • John R. Turk
• 4 mechanics

  • Ultra Tune Auto Service Centre
  • O'Brien Windscreens & Automotive Glass
  • East Coast Tyre and Auto
  • Lisarow Auto Electrics
• 1 electrician

  • Zen Industrial
• 3 places to stay

  • Chittaway Motel
  • Greenacres Bed & Breakfast
  • Pelican House

Getting around. Train station: Ourimbah, 3.4 km south-west · Airport: Somersby Airfield, 9.7 km west.

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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: 76.2% 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% · Labour-force participation 67%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

50,733 bird observations recorded near Fountaindale — most often seen:

• Bell Miner (3,192)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (2,790)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,608)
• Superb Fairy-wren (2,249)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (2,195)
• Laughing Kookaburra (2,187)
• Pacific Black Duck (2,093)
• Eastern Whipbird (1,947)
• Grey Fantail (1,937)
• Chestnut Teal (1,838)
• Australian Magpie (1,773)
• Red-browed Finch (1,737)
• Northern Superb Fairy-wren (1,624)

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 Fountaindale:

• Glenning Valley (2.2 km)
• Kangy Angy (2.2 km)
• Ourimbah (3.3 km)
• Berkeley Vale (3.3 km)
• Palmdale (3.4 km)
• Chittaway Bay (4 km)
• Tuggerah (4 km)
• Chittaway Point (4.6 km)

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