Silverwater NSW 2264

Living Here

Silverwater is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 274 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,387 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Brightwaters Christian College
  • Wangi Wangi Public School
  • Gwandalan Public School
  • Eraring Primary School
  • Bonnells Bay Public School
  • Arcadia Vale Public School
• 1 supermarket

  • Coles
• 7 parks

  • Sunshine Park
  • Sunshine Baths Reserve
  • Balcolyn Hall Reserve
  • Casuarina Point Reserve
  • Waterside Reserve
  • Shingle Splitters
  • Brightwaters Hall Reserve
• 2 Catholic churches

  • Saint Patrick's Church - Swansea
  • St Joseph's Toronto Church
• 4 hospitals

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

  • Wangi Wangi Library
  • Gwandalan Library
• 1 post office

  • Australia Post
• 1 service station

  • Mirrabooka Motors
• 1 golf club

  • Toronto Country Club
• 5 places to stay

  • The Bay Hotel Motel
  • Summerhill Park
  • Mercure Lake Macquarie Raffertys Resort
  • Wangi Point Lakeside Holiday Park
  • Ingenia Holidays Lake Macquarie

Getting around. Train station: Dora Creek, 6.1 km west · Bus interchange: Morisset Bus Interchange, 6.9 km west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 9 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: 80.6% 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

Unemployment 9.6% · Labour-force participation 47.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

28,888 bird observations recorded near Silverwater — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,989)
• Noisy Miner (1,719)
• Australian Pelican (1,437)
• Australian Magpie (1,411)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,385)
• Eastern Rosella (1,167)
• White-faced Heron (1,112)
• Welcome Swallow (1,054)
• Crested Pigeon (1,048)
• Crested Tern (1,022)
• Magpie-lark (1,015)
• Australian Raven (977)
• Grey Butcherbird (918)

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 Silverwater:

• Balcolyn (1.1 km)
• Sunshine (1.3 km)
• Mirrabooka (1.3 km)
• Yarrawonga Park (1.8 km)
• Brightwaters (2.2 km)
• Windermere Park (3.3 km)
• Morisset Park (3.4 km)
• Bonnells Bay (3.5 km)

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