| Port Macquarie New South Wales | |||||||||
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Clockwise from top: Lighthouse Beach; Tacking Point Lighthouse; intersection of Clarence & Horton Streets, featuring Majestic Cinemas in the Ritz Centre | |||||||||
  Port Macquarie | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°26′S 152°54′E / 31.433°S 152.900°E | ||||||||
| Population | 51,154 (2022)[1] | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2444 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council | ||||||||
| Region | Mid North Coast | ||||||||
| County | Macquarie | ||||||||
| Parish | Macquarie | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Port Macquarie | ||||||||
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Port Macquarie is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, 390 km (242 mi) north of Sydney, and 570 km (354 mi) south of Brisbane, on the Tasman Sea coast at the mouth of the Hastings River, and the eastern end of the Oxley Highway (B56). It had a population of 47,974 in 2018,[2] and an estimated population of 50,307 in 2023.[3]
- ^ "Regional population, 2021-22 financial year | Australian Bureau of Statistics". 20 April 2023.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Port Macquarie Population 2023 | Population Australia".