Holmesville NSW 2286

Living Here

Holmesville is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,413 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,884 a week, with median rent near $390 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the West Wallsend - Barnsley - Killingworth statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Holmesville itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 8 schools

  • West Wallsend High School
  • West Wallsend Public School
  • Appletree Early Education and Preschool
  • Barnsley Public School
  • Edgeworth Heights Public School
  • St Benedicts Primary School
  • Edgeworth Public School
  • Wakefield School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Harrigans Cameron Park
• 3 supermarkets

  • IGA West Wallsend
  • Woolworths
  • IGA
• 6 parks

  • Joseph Holmes Memorial Park
  • Centennial Park
  • Estellville Park
  • Gregory Park
  • Taylor Memorial Park
  • Pasterfield Sports Complex
• 2 Catholic churches

  • Catholic Church
  • Saint Kevin's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Simply Pharmacy West Wallsend
• 1 optometrist

  • nib Eye Care
• 14 hospitals

  • Pendlebury Clinc Private Hospital
  • Warners Bay Private Hospital
  • Royal Newcastle Centre
  • John Hunter Hospital
  • Rankin Park Centre
  • Newcastle Private Hospital
  • Toronto Private Hospital
  • Hunter Valley Private Hospital
  • Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
  • Newcastle Eye Hospital

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• 1 vet

  • Cameron Park Vet Hospital
• 2 libraries

  • Sugar Valley Library Museum
  • Edgeworth Library
• 5 service stations

  • EG Ampol Cameron Park
  • Ampol
  • Ultra Edgeworth
  • Pearl Energy Edgeworth
  • 7-Eleven Edgeworth
• 1 gym

  • Snap Fitness
• 2 golf clubs

  • Sugar Valley Golf Course
  • Waratah Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Kindyerra Park
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 place to stay

  • Macquarie Inn

Getting around. Train station: Cockle Creek, 5 km south-east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 17.9 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 50.5% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 62.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

43,314 bird observations recorded near Holmesville — most often seen:

• Black Swan (2,187)
• Australian Pelican (1,884)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,859)
• Australian Raven (1,843)
• Chestnut Teal (1,774)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,741)
• Magpie-lark (1,703)
• Australian Magpie (1,674)
• Welcome Swallow (1,603)
• White-faced Heron (1,551)
• Great Egret (1,525)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,501)
• Willie Wagtail (1,479)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Holmesville:

• West Wallsend (0.9 km)
• Barnsley (1.9 km)
• Cameron Park (2.5 km)
• Seahampton (2.8 km)
• Killingworth (3.1 km)
• Edgeworth (3.6 km)
• Minmi (5.3 km)
• Argenton (5.4 km)

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