Macquarie Hills NSW 2285

Living Here

Macquarie Hills is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,605 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $2,241 a week, with median rent near $473 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 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: Macquarie Hills itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 37 schools

  • Cardiff Public School
  • Vedic Education Centre
  • Cardiff South Public School
  • Biddabah Public School
  • Saint Kevin's Primary School
  • Argenton Public School
  • Warners Bay High School
  • Boolaroo Public School
  • Cardiff North Public School
  • Cardiff High School, Warners Bay

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• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • The Diner
  • Custom Espresso
  • Pippis at the Point
  • Table 1 Espresso Speers Point
• 8 supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Aldi
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • ALDI
  • Bibina
  • IGA
  • Coles
• 10 parks

  • Wilkinson Park
  • Ulinga Park
  • Albert Reserve
  • Clarence Street Park
  • Leo Park
  • Tredinnick Oval
  • Chartley Street Reserve
  • Campbell Reserve
  • Walter's Park
  • Speers Point Park
• 6 Catholic churches

  • Saint Kevin's Catholic Church
  • Catholic Church
  • St Mary's
  • Saint Philips
  • St Therese's Church
  • Our Lady of Victories Church
• 5 pharmacies

  • Star Discount Chemist
  • Chemistworks
  • Chemmart
  • Guardian
  • Amcal
• 5 doctors & medical clinics

  • Main Road Medical Centre
  • Awabakal Medical Centre - Cardiff (Women and Children's Clinic)
  • CS Health Medical Centre
  • Laverty Pathology
  • Warners Bay Medical Centre
• 1 dentist

  • SmilesHQ
• 1 optometrist

  • nib Eye Care
• 14 hospitals

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

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• 5 vets

  • Cardiff Veterinary Hospital
  • Warners Bay Vet
  • Cameron Park Vet Hospital
  • The Lake Vet Hospital
  • Wallsend Vet
• 6 childcare & kindergartens

  • Bluebird Early Education Cardiff
  • St Nicholas Early Education Cardiff
  • Glendale Early Education Centre
  • Milestones Early Learning & Preschool
  • Lake Macquarie Family Day Care
  • Cardiff Community Pre-School
• 7 libraries

  • Cardiff Library
  • Speers Point Library
  • Edgeworth Library
  • Charlestown Library
  • Wallsend District Library
  • Windale Library
  • Sugar Valley Library Museum
• 3 post offices

  • Glendale Post Office
  • Boolaroo Post Office
  • Australia Post
• 15 service stations

  • Hodge Petroleum
  • EG Ampol
  • Shell
  • Costco Fuel
  • 7-Eleven
  • EG Ampol
  • BP Warners Bay
  • United
  • Shell
  • Ampol

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• 8 gyms & sports centres

  • Lake Macquarie Tennis Centre
  • Hunter Sports Centre
  • Genetics Fitness
  • Snap Fitness
  • Dullboy's Social Co
  • Indoor Sports Centre
  • Red Alert
  • Speers Point Swimming Pool
• 5 golf clubs

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

  • Kindyerra Park
  • Upper Reserve Off-Leash Area
• 1 bakery

  • Banjo's Bakery Cafe
• 3 hardware stores

  • NHS Warner's Bay
  • Mitre 10
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 2 hairdressers

  • Creating Waves Hair Salon
  • Menz Hair Co.
• 2 mechanics

  • Goodyear
  • Nova Auto Innovations
• 2 electricians

  • Rix Electrical Contracting
  • AVE Technologies
• 10 places to stay

  • Cardiff Motor Inn
  • Warners at the Bay
  • Macquarie Inn
  • Warners Bay Hotel
  • Lakeside Motel
  • Panorama Motor Inn
  • Ibis Budget
  • Surf Beach Motel Newcastle
  • Apollo International Hotel
  • Mercure Charlestown Hotel

Getting around. Train station: Cardiff, 1.8 km north-east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 12.9 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: 29.4% 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 3.6% · Labour-force participation 72%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

55,709 bird observations recorded near Macquarie Hills — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (4,030)
• Noisy Miner (3,334)
• Australian Magpie (3,145)
• Australian Raven (2,435)
• Laughing Kookaburra (2,389)
• Magpie-lark (2,356)
• Black Swan (2,082)
• Crested Pigeon (2,005)
• Eastern Rosella (2,005)
• Australian Pelican (1,998)
• Welcome Swallow (1,891)
• Masked Lapwing (1,797)
• Chestnut Teal (1,735)

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 Macquarie Hills:

• Lakelands (1.4 km)
• Cardiff South (1.6 km)
• Cardiff (1.6 km)
• Boolaroo (1.9 km)
• Argenton (2.1 km)
• Speers Point (2.4 km)
• Glendale (2.4 km)
• Warners Bay (2.5 km)

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