Sunshine NSW 2264

Living Here

Sunshine is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 475 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,575 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 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: Sunshine itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Brightwaters Christian College
  • Gwandalan Public School
  • Bonnells Bay Public School
  • Nords Wharf Public School
  • Mannering Park Public School
  • Wangi Wangi Public School
• 10 parks

  • Waterside Reserve
  • Sunshine Baths Reserve
  • Casuarina Point Reserve
  • Sunshine Park
  • Brightwaters Hall Reserve
  • Balcolyn Hall Reserve
  • Summerland Park
  • Irene Auston Reserve
  • Sandy Beach Reserve
  • Shingle Splitters
• 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
• 3 post offices

  • Summerland Point Post Office
  • Australia Post
  • Gwandalan 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
  • Mercure Lake Macquarie Raffertys Resort
  • Chain Valley Bay Van Village
  • Summerhill Park
  • Mecca Caravan Park

Getting around. Train station: Dora Creek, 6.8 km north-west · Bus interchange: Morisset Bus Interchange, 7.1 km west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 9.5 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: 64.3% 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 4.8% · Labour-force participation 52.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

22,320 bird observations recorded near Sunshine — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,630)
• Noisy Miner (1,336)
• Australian Magpie (1,139)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,084)
• Australian Pelican (1,013)
• Crested Pigeon (892)
• Eastern Rosella (862)
• Australian Wood Duck (856)
• Welcome Swallow (820)
• Magpie-lark (780)
• Masked Lapwing (772)
• Australian Raven (762)
• Giinbaywarraymal (749)

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 Sunshine:

• Mirrabooka (0.8 km)
• Silverwater (1.3 km)
• Brightwaters (1.8 km)
• Balcolyn (2.3 km)
• Yarrawonga Park (2.5 km)
• Summerland Point (2.7 km)
• Morisset Park (2.8 km)
• Windermere Park (3.1 km)

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