Woodrising NSW 2284

Living Here

Woodrising is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,176 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,634 a week, with median rent near $378 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 17% 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 Bolton Point - Teralba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Woodrising itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 20 schools

  • Fennell Bay Public School
  • Saint Paul's High School
  • Five Islands School
  • Lake Macquarie High School
  • Booragul Public School
  • Fassifern Public School
  • Charlton Christian College
  • Teralba Public School
  • Toronto Public School
  • Blackalls Park Public School

  See all 20 schools near Woodrising →

• 6 cafés & restaurants

  • The Point Cafe
  • 3 Bears
  • Maddz on York
  • Custom Espresso
  • Pippis at the Point
  • Table 1 Espresso Speers Point
• 9 parks

  • Marmong Park
  • Bolton Point Park
  • Edwards Park
  • Toronto Lions Park
  • Blackalls Park
  • Anzac Park
  • Eleebana Lions Park
  • Eleebana Oval
  • Speers Point Park
• 4 Catholic churches

  • Catholic Church
  • St Mary's
  • St Joseph's Toronto Church
  • Saint Kevin's Catholic Church
• 1 dentist

  • SmilesHQ
• 14 hospitals

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

  See all 14 hospitals near Woodrising →

• 1 vet

  • Warners Bay Vet
• 1 childcare centre

  • Woodrising Community Pre-School & Child Care Centre
• 2 libraries

  • Speers Point Library
  • Toronto Library
• 5 post offices

  • Woodrising Post Office
  • Blackalls Park Post Office
  • Toronto Post Office
  • Valentine Post Office
  • Australia Post
• 4 service stations

  • BP
  • Shell
  • Ampol Foodary
  • Metro
• 3 gyms & sports centres

  • Speers Point Swimming Pool
  • Valentine Bowling Club
  • Valentine Hydrotherapy Pools
• 6 golf clubs

  • Waratah Golf Club
  • Toronto Country Club
  • Charlestown Golf Course
  • Sugar Valley Golf Course
  • Belmont Golf & Bowls
  • Belmont Golf Club
• 2 dog parks

  • Thomas H Halton Dog Park
  • Kindyerra Park
• 3 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Mitre 10
  • NHS Warner's Bay
• 1 hairdresser

  • Creating Waves Hair Salon
• 1 electrician

  • Rix Electrical Contracting
• 5 places to stay

  • Catalina Motel Lake Macquarie
  • Lakeside Motel
  • Warners Bay Hotel
  • Warners at the Bay
  • Macquarie Inn

Getting around. Train station: Booragul, 1.6 km north · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 9.7 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 64.7% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 6.6% · Labour-force participation 62.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

30,288 bird observations recorded near Woodrising — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,902)
• Noisy Miner (2,304)
• Australian Magpie (1,923)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,654)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,479)
• Australian Raven (1,385)
• Eastern Rosella (1,166)
• Magpie-lark (1,103)
• Common Myna (1,069)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (1,038)
• Grey Butcherbird (964)
• Welcome Swallow (927)
• Crested Pigeon (922)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Woodrising:

• Marmong Point (0.9 km)
• Fennell Bay (1.1 km)
• Booragul (1.2 km)
• Bolton Point (1.4 km)
• Fassifern (2 km)
• Teralba (2.3 km)
• Blackalls Park (2.7 km)
• Speers Point (3.1 km)

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