West Wallsend NSW 2286

Living Here

West Wallsend is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,981 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,627 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: West Wallsend itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 8 schools

  • West Wallsend Public School
  • West Wallsend High School
  • Appletree Early Education and Preschool
  • Barnsley Public School
  • Edgeworth Heights Public School
  • St Benedicts Primary School
  • Edgeworth Public School
  • Minmi Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Harrigans Cameron Park
• 3 supermarkets

  • IGA West Wallsend
  • Woolworths
  • IGA
• 6 parks

  • Gregory Park
  • Joseph Holmes Memorial Park
  • Estellville Park
  • Centennial Park
  • Taylor Memorial Park
  • Pasterfield Sports Complex
• 2 Catholic churches

  • Catholic Church
  • Saint Kevin's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • Simply Pharmacy West Wallsend
• 1 optometrist

  • nib Eye Care
• 14 hospitals

  • Pendlebury Clinc Private Hospital
  • Warners Bay Private Hospital
  • Royal Newcastle Centre
  • John Hunter Hospital
  • Rankin Park Centre
  • Hunter Valley Private Hospital
  • Newcastle Private Hospital
  • Toronto Private Hospital
  • Newcastle Eye Hospital
  • Calvary Mater Hospital

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• 1 vet

  • Cameron Park Vet Hospital
• 2 libraries

  • Sugar Valley Library Museum
  • Edgeworth Library
• 3 service stations

  • EG Ampol Cameron Park
  • Ampol
  • Ultra Edgeworth
• 1 gym

  • Snap Fitness
• 2 golf clubs

  • Sugar Valley Golf Course
  • Waratah Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Kindyerra Park
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 1 place to stay

  • Macquarie Inn

Getting around. Train station: Cockle Creek, 5.5 km south-east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 18.7 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: 73% 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 3.4% · Labour-force participation 62.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

18,034 bird observations recorded near West Wallsend — most often seen:

• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (975)
• Laughing Kookaburra (888)
• Australian Magpie (800)
• Australian Raven (755)
• Grey Fantail (751)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (720)
• Superb Fairy-wren (718)
• Noisy Miner (698)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (678)
• Red-browed Finch (671)
• Bell Miner (664)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (642)
• White-throated Treecreeper (616)

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 West Wallsend:

• Holmesville (0.9 km)
• Seahampton (1.9 km)
• Cameron Park (2.4 km)
• Barnsley (2.7 km)
• Killingworth (3.8 km)
• Edgeworth (3.8 km)
• Minmi (4.6 km)
• Stockrington (5.6 km)

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