Kooragang NSW 2304

Living Here

Kooragang is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, Aboriginal.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Newcastle Port - Kooragang statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kooragang itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 21 schools

  • Mayfield East Public School
  • Saint Dominic Centre
  • Hunter Christian School
  • San Clemente High School
  • Saint Columban’s Primary School
  • Fern Bay Public School
  • Tighes Hill Public School
  • Mayfield West Demonstration School
  • Carrington Public School
  • Stockton Public School

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• 9 parks

  • Ingall Park
  • Avon Street Reserve
  • Cowie and Usk Street Reserve
  • Gross Street Reserve
  • Mayfield Park
  • Parker Street Reserve
  • Griffith Park
  • Simpson Court Reserve
  • Dangar Park
• 6 Catholic churches

  • Saint Columban’s
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary
  • Corpus Christi Catholic Church
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral
  • St Therese's Church
  • Our Lady of Victories Church
• 2 dentists

  • Newcastle Family Dental
  • Mayfield Denture Clinic
• 1 optometrist

  • OPSM
• 12 hospitals

  • Hunter New England Mental Health Service
  • Calvary Mater Hospital
  • Newcastle Eye Hospital
  • Hunter Valley Private Hospital
  • Lingard Private Hospital
  • Newcastle Private Hospital
  • John Hunter Hospital
  • Rankin Park Centre
  • Royal Newcastle Centre
  • Pendlebury Clinc Private Hospital

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• 4 vets

  • RSPCA Tighes Hill
  • Mayfield Veterinary Hospital
  • Hamilton VET Clinic
  • New Lambton Veterinary Clinic
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Five Star Family Day Care
  • Six Hats
• 4 libraries

  • Mayfield Library
  • Stockton Library
  • Hamilton Library
  • Newcastle City Library
• 1 post office

  • Carrington Post Office
• 8 service stations

  • BP
  • BP
  • United
  • 7-Eleven
  • 7-Eleven Mayfield
  • 7-Eleven
  • EG Ampol
  • Caltex
• 13 gyms & sports centres

  • Hunter District Cycling Club
  • Kooragang Open Cycling Club
  • Hunter Valley Masters Cycling Club
  • Balance Fitness Mayfield
  • Hillcrest Tennis Club
  • Mayfield Swimming Centre
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Number 2 Oval
  • Genesis Fitness
  • Revolution Sports Park

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• 3 golf clubs

  • Newcastle Golf Club
  • Shortland Waters Golf Club
  • Merewether Golf Course
• 1 dog park

  • Acacia Avenue Dog Park
• 2 butchers

  • Le Butcher
  • Pork Ewe Deli
• 16 hardware stores

  • Earp Bros
  • Hunter Locksmiths
  • Amazing Paints
  • F&C Glass Aluminium
  • Tink's - Newcastle (Newcastle Chainsaw & Mowers)
  • Batteries
  • Broadley Signs
  • Regent Renovators
  • Reece
  • Blackwoods

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• 23 mechanics

  • Autopro
  • Thompsons Auto Service
  • B
  • European Car Centre
  • Glenn Snelson Automotive
  • Rivy Motors
  • Newcastle Auto Service Centre
  • Waratah Tyre & Exhaust Centre
  • Waratah Auto Centre
  • Marty's Smash Repairs

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• 1 electrician

  • AVE Technologies
• 1 plumber

  • Clarkies Plumbing
• 31 places to stay

  • Gateway Inn
  • Newcastle Links Motel
  • Hanbury Lodge
  • Royal Oak Hotel
  • Boatrowers Hotel
  • Cross Keys Hotel
  • Newcastle Student Accomodation
  • Maison de May
  • Charles O'Neill Hostel
  • Great Western Motel

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Getting around. Train station: Waratah, 3.9 km south-west · Light rail stop: Honeysuckle, 5 km south · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 4.8 km south · Ferry wharf: Muloobinba / Queens Wharf, 5 km south · Airport: Newcastle Airport, 10.9 km north-east.

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Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 26.6% 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

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

99,652 bird observations recorded near Kooragang — most often seen:

• White-faced Heron (6,146)
• Australian Pelican (5,312)
• Australian White Ibis (4,930)
• Eastern Curlew (4,528)
• Bar-tailed Godwit (4,458)
• Rock Dove (4,276)
• Masked Lapwing (3,773)
• Great Egret (3,517)
• Superb Fairy-wren (3,450)
• Red-necked Avocet (3,392)
• Silver Gull (3,289)
• Curlew Sandpiper (3,258)
• Magpie-lark (3,190)

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 Kooragang:

• Mayfield North (1.9 km)
• Mayfield East (2.6 km)
• Tighes Hill (3 km)
• Mayfield (3.1 km)
• Carrington (3.4 km)
• Maryville (3.5 km)
• Stockton (3.7 km)
• Mayfield West (3.8 km)

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