| Speers Point Greater Newcastle, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Speers Point | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°57′48″S 151°37′40″E / 32.96333°S 151.62778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,400 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,060/km2 (2,750/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1870 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2284 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[3] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Northumberland[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Kahibah[4] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lake Macquarie[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Shortland | ||||||||||||||
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Speers Point is a suburb of Greater Newcastle, and the location of the council seat of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area in New South Wales, Australia. It is 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) west-southwest of the city of Newcastle on the northern shore of Lake Macquarie, in Cockle and Warners Bays, between the suburbs of Cardiff and Warners Bay.[6]
Speers Point was settled in 1828 and local commerce began through a colliery in 1843. By 2006, the suburb had a population of 3,230.[7]
There has been a proposal to rename part of the suburb to 'Lake Macquarie', to reflect the name of the city.[8]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Speers Point". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ a b "MapMaker". travelmate.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 May 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Lake Macquarie". New South Wales Department of Local Government. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ a b "Speers Point". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ "Lake Macquarie". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Speers Point". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "State Suburbs: Speers Point". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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