Mirrabooka NSW 2264

Living Here

Mirrabooka is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 809 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,557 a week, with median rent near $368 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bonnells Bay - Silverwater statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mirrabooka itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Brightwaters Christian College
  • Gwandalan Public School
  • Bonnells Bay Public School
  • Mannering Park Public School
  • Heritage College Lake Macquarie
  • Eraring Primary School
• 1 supermarket

  • Coles
• 9 parks

  • Sunshine Park
  • Brightwaters Hall Reserve
  • Waterside Reserve
  • Sunshine Baths Reserve
  • Casuarina Point Reserve
  • Balcolyn Hall Reserve
  • Irene Auston Reserve
  • Shingle Splitters
  • Summerland Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Patrick's Church - Swansea
• 4 hospitals

  • Morisset Hospital
  • Moriseset Comunity Health Centre
  • Toronto Private Hospital
  • Belmont Hospital
• 2 libraries

  • Gwandalan Library
  • Wangi Wangi Library
• 2 post offices

  • Australia Post
  • Summerland Point Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Mirrabooka Motors
• 1 golf club

  • Toronto Country Club
• 6 places to stay

  • The Bay Hotel Motel
  • Ingenia Holidays Lake Macquarie
  • Mecca Caravan Park
  • Summerhill Park
  • Chain Valley Bay Van Village
  • Mercure Lake Macquarie Raffertys Resort

Getting around. Train station: Dora Creek, 6 km north-west · Bus interchange: Morisset Bus Interchange, 6.3 km west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 10.1 km north-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: 48% 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 5.7% · Labour-force participation 60.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

25,506 bird observations recorded near Mirrabooka — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,817)
• Noisy Miner (1,549)
• Australian Magpie (1,264)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,237)
• Australian Pelican (1,214)
• Eastern Rosella (1,025)
• Crested Pigeon (986)
• Welcome Swallow (963)
• Magpie-lark (906)
• Australian Raven (874)
• White-faced Heron (863)
• Australian Wood Duck (841)
• Grey Butcherbird (834)

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 Mirrabooka:

• Sunshine (0.8 km)
• Brightwaters (1.1 km)
• Silverwater (1.3 km)
• Yarrawonga Park (1.7 km)
• Balcolyn (1.8 km)
• Morisset Park (2.2 km)
• Windermere Park (2.3 km)
• Bonnells Bay (2.8 km)

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