Cooranbong, New South Wales

Cooranbong
Greater NewcastleNew South Wales
Cooranbong is located in the Hunter-Central Coast Region
Cooranbong
Cooranbong
Coordinates33°04′26″S 151°27′04″E / 33.074°S 151.451°E / -33.074; 151.451
Population7,077 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density1,573/km2 (4,070/sq mi)
Established1826
Postcode(s)2265
Elevation20 m (66 ft)
Area4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)City of Lake Macquarie
ParishCoorumbung
State electorate(s)Lake Macquarie
Federal division(s)Hunter
Suburbs around Cooranbong:
Martinsville Freemans Waterhole Awaba
Martinsville Cooranbong Dora Creek
Lemon Tree Mandalong Morisset

Cooranbong (/kɔːrənbɒŋ/ KOR-ən-BONG;) is a town in a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, west of the town of Morisset off the M1 Pacific Motorway. Cooranbong is surrounded by the Watagans National Park.

The town's name is derived from the Aboriginal word "Kour-an-bong", meaning "rocky bottom creek" or "water over rocks".[2]

There is a particularly large Seventh-day Adventist presence in Cooranbong.[3] As of the 2021 census, 23.5% of the suburb is Seventh-day Adventist, which is higher than every other religious denomination besides "no religion".[1]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cooranbong". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023. Edit this at Wikidata Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. ^ "History of Cooranbong". City of Lake Macquarie. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ^ https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/cooranbong-nsw