Wakefield NSW 2278

Living Here

Wakefield is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 144 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,281 a week, with median rent near $353 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 West Wallsend - Barnsley - Killingworth statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wakefield itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 8 schools

  • Wakefield School
  • Fassifern Public School
  • Charlton Christian College
  • Appletree Early Education and Preschool
  • Teralba Public School
  • Blackalls Park Public School
  • Barnsley Public School
  • Saint Paul's High School
• 1 park

  • Eddie Peterson Memorial Park
• 3 Catholic churches

  • Catholic Church
  • St Joseph's Toronto Church
  • St Mary's
• 9 hospitals

  • Toronto Private Hospital
  • Warners Bay Private Hospital
  • Pendlebury Clinc Private Hospital
  • Belmont Hospital
  • Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
  • Royal Newcastle Centre
  • John Hunter Hospital
  • Rankin Park Centre
  • Newcastle Private Hospital
• 1 library

  • Speers Point Library
• 3 golf clubs

  • Sugar Valley Golf Course
  • Waratah Golf Club
  • Toronto Country Club
• 1 place to stay

  • Catalina Motel Lake Macquarie

Getting around. Train station: Fassifern, 3.4 km south-east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 14.3 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 86.2% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 1.4% · Labour-force participation 70.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

9,644 bird observations recorded near Wakefield — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (653)
• Noisy Miner (543)
• Australian Magpie (532)
• Laughing Kookaburra (491)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (471)
• Magpie-lark (396)
• Grey Fantail (389)
• Bell Miner (380)
• Australian Raven (376)
• Eastern Rosella (368)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (360)
• Welcome Swallow (308)
• Common Myna (302)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Wakefield:

• Killingworth (2.8 km)
• Fassifern (3.9 km)
• Teralba (4.2 km)
• Ryhope (4.4 km)
• Barnsley (4.5 km)
• Blackalls Park (4.7 km)
• Fennell Bay (4.8 km)
• Booragul (5 km)

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