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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville_de_Lac_Macquarie" title="Ville de Lac Macquarie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ville de Lac Macquarie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Lake_Macquarie" title="Kota Lake Macquarie – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kota Lake Macquarie" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citt%C3%A0_di_Lake_Macquarie" title="Città di Lake Macquarie – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Città di Lake 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line-height: 1.3em; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><span class="fn org locality">City of Lake Macquarie</span><br /><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:88%" class="region"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Macquarie_(Swansea_-_Pulbah).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Lake_Macquarie_%28Swansea_-_Pulbah%29.jpg/270px-Lake_Macquarie_%28Swansea_-_Pulbah%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Lake_Macquarie_%28Swansea_-_Pulbah%29.jpg/405px-Lake_Macquarie_%28Swansea_-_Pulbah%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Lake_Macquarie_%28Swansea_-_Pulbah%29.jpg/540px-Lake_Macquarie_%28Swansea_-_Pulbah%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="463" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Macquarie_(New_South_Wales)" title="Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)">Lake Macquarie</a>, after which the LGA is named</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Macquarie_LGA_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Lake_Macquarie_LGA_location_map.svg/270px-Lake_Macquarie_LGA_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Lake_Macquarie_LGA_location_map.svg/405px-Lake_Macquarie_LGA_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Lake_Macquarie_LGA_location_map.svg/540px-Lake_Macquarie_LGA_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="573" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Greater Newcastle</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="9" data-overlays="["_5646b28f21dabcf4320678ac17f016124f41b2f6"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&revid=1254871865&groups=_5646b28f21dabcf4320678ac17f016124f41b2f6" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&revid=1254871865&groups=_5646b28f21dabcf4320678ac17f016124f41b2f6 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&params=33_02_S_151_38_E_type:city_region:AU-NSW"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°02′S</span> <span class="longitude">151°38′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.033°S 151.633°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.033; 151.633</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">213,845 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population" title="List of cities in Australia by population">23rd</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">315/km<sup>2</sup> (820/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>1906 (shire)</li> <li>1977 (municipality)</li> <li>1984 (city)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">648 km<sup>2</sup> (250.2 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Standard Time">AEST</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+10">UTC+10</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Daylight Time">AEDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B11" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+11">UTC+11</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Adam Shultz (<a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Council seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Speers_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Speers Point, New South Wales">Speers Point</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Australia" title="List of regions of Australia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Hunter</a><sup id="cite_ref-lga_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lga-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Lake_Macquarie" title="Electoral district of Lake Macquarie">Lake Macquarie</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Swansea" title="Electoral district of Swansea">Swansea</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Charlestown" title="Electoral district of Charlestown">Charlestown</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Cessnock" title="Electoral district of Cessnock">Cessnock</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Wallsend" title="Electoral district of Wallsend">Wallsend</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Shortland" title="Division of Shortland">Shortland</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hunter" title="Division of Hunter">Hunter</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_Lake_Macquarie_City.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Logo_of_Lake_Macquarie_City.svg/180px-Logo_of_Lake_Macquarie_City.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Logo_of_Lake_Macquarie_City.svg/270px-Logo_of_Lake_Macquarie_City.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Logo_of_Lake_Macquarie_City.svg/360px-Logo_of_Lake_Macquarie_City.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="229" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lakemac.com.au">City of Lake Macquarie</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">LGAs</a> around City of Lake Macquarie:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Maitland" title="City of Maitland">Maitland</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Newcastle" title="City of Newcastle">Newcastle</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Newcastle" title="City of Newcastle">Newcastle</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Cessnock" title="City of Cessnock">Cessnock</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">City of Lake Macquarie</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></i></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast Council (New South Wales)">Central Coast</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Cessnock" title="City of Cessnock">Cessnock</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast Council (New South Wales)">Central Coast</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></i></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>City of Lake Macquarie</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">local government area</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Hunter Region</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia. It was proclaimed a city from 7 September 1984. The city is situated adjacent to the city of <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a> and is widely considered as a part of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Newcastle" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Newcastle">Greater Newcastle</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is approximately 150 km (93 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>. One of its major tourist attractions is its lake, also named <a href="/wiki/Lake_Macquarie_(New_South_Wales)" title="Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)">Lake Macquarie</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of the City of Lake Macquarie Council is <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">Councillor</a> Adam Shultz, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(New_South_Wales_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)">Labor Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mayor_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayor-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> ship <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Tobruk_(L_50)" title="HMAS Tobruk (L 50)">HMAS <i>Tobruk</i></a> was granted the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Right of Freedom of Entry</a> to the City of Lake Macquarie on 9 August 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Shire of Lake Macquarie was proclaimed on 6 March 1906. It became a Municipality on 1 March 1977, and a city on 7 September 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suburbs,_towns_and_villages"><span id="Suburbs.2C_towns_and_villages"></span>Suburbs, towns and villages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Suburbs, towns and villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake Macquarie is home to several prominent coastal suburbs such as <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Hill_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales">Catherine Hill Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caves_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Caves Beach, New South Wales">Caves Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blacksmiths,_New_South_Wales" title="Blacksmiths, New South Wales">Blacksmiths</a> and <a href="/wiki/Redhead,_New_South_Wales" title="Redhead, New South Wales">Redhead</a>. Retail and commercial centres include <a href="/wiki/Belmont,_New_South_Wales" title="Belmont, New South Wales">Belmont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardiff,_New_South_Wales" title="Cardiff, New South Wales">Cardiff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_South_Wales" title="Charlestown, New South Wales">Charlestown</a> <a href="/wiki/Glendale,_New_South_Wales" title="Glendale, New South Wales">Glendale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swansea,_New_South_Wales" title="Swansea, New South Wales">Swansea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toronto,_New_South_Wales" title="Toronto, New South Wales">Toronto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morisset,_New_South_Wales" title="Morisset, New South Wales">Morisset</a>. </p><p>The towns and villages in the City of Lake Macquarie are split into three wards – East, North and West.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt>East Ward</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_New_South_Wales" title="Belmont, New South Wales">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont_North,_New_South_Wales" title="Belmont North, New South Wales">Belmont North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont_South,_New_South_Wales" title="Belmont South, New South Wales">Belmont South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennetts_Green,_New_South_Wales" title="Bennetts Green, New South Wales">Bennetts Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blacksmiths,_New_South_Wales" title="Blacksmiths, New South Wales">Blacksmiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cams_Wharf,_New_South_Wales" title="Cams Wharf, New South Wales">Cams Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Hill_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales">Catherine Hill Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caves_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Caves Beach, New South Wales">Caves Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_South_Wales" title="Charlestown, New South Wales">Charlestown</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crangan_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Crangan Bay, New South Wales">Crangan Bay</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croudace_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Croudace Bay, New South Wales">Croudace Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleebana,_New_South_Wales" title="Eleebana, New South Wales">Eleebana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floraville,_New_South_Wales" title="Floraville, New South Wales">Floraville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead,_New_South_Wales" title="Gateshead, New South Wales">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewells,_New_South_Wales" title="Jewells, New South Wales">Jewells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Pelican,_New_South_Wales" title="Little Pelican, New South Wales">Little Pelican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marks_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Marks Point, New South Wales">Marks Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonee,_New_South_Wales" title="Moonee, New South Wales">Moonee</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hutton,_New_South_Wales" title="Mount Hutton, New South Wales">Mount Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrays_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Murrays Beach, New South Wales">Murrays Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nords_Wharf,_New_South_Wales" title="Nords Wharf, New South Wales">Nords Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican,_New_South_Wales" title="Pelican, New South Wales">Pelican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinny_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Pinny Beach, New South Wales">Pinny Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redhead,_New_South_Wales" title="Redhead, New South Wales">Redhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea,_New_South_Wales" title="Swansea, New South Wales">Swansea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Heads,_New_South_Wales" title="Swansea Heads, New South Wales">Swansea Heads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tingira_Heights,_New_South_Wales" title="Tingira Heights, New South Wales">Tingira Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valentine,_New_South_Wales" title="Valentine, New South Wales">Valentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warners_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Warners Bay, New South Wales">Warners Bay</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windale,_New_South_Wales" title="Windale, New South Wales">Windale</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt>North Ward</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adamstown_Heights,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Adamstown Heights, New South Wales">Adamstown Heights</a><sup id="cite_ref-NCC_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boolaroo,_New_South_Wales" title="Boolaroo, New South Wales">Boolaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Cameron Park, New South Wales">Cameron Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff,_New_South_Wales" title="Cardiff, New South Wales">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Heights,_New_South_Wales" title="Cardiff Heights, New South Wales">Cardiff Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_South,_New_South_Wales" title="Cardiff South, New South Wales">Cardiff South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_South_Wales" title="Charlestown, New South Wales">Charlestown</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley,_New_South_Wales" title="Dudley, New South Wales">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgeworth,_New_South_Wales" title="Edgeworth, New South Wales">Edgeworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elermore_Vale,_New_South_Wales" title="Elermore Vale, New South Wales">Elermore Vale</a><sup id="cite_ref-NCC_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Suburb,_New_South_Wales" title="Garden Suburb, New South Wales">Garden Suburb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_New_South_Wales" title="Glendale, New South Wales">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highfields,_New_South_Wales" title="Highfields, New South Wales">Highfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_New_South_Wales" title="Hillsborough, New South Wales">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahibah,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Kahibah, New South Wales">Kahibah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotara_South,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotara South, New South Wales">Kotara South</a><sup id="cite_ref-NCC_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakelands,_New_South_Wales" title="Lakelands, New South Wales">Lakelands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Hills,_New_South_Wales" title="Macquarie Hills, New South Wales">Macquarie Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Lambton_Heights,_New_South_Wales" title="New Lambton Heights, New South Wales">New Lambton Heights</a><sup id="cite_ref-NCC_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rankin_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Rankin Park, New South Wales">Rankin Park</a><sup id="cite_ref-NCC_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seahampton,_New_South_Wales" title="Seahampton, New South Wales">Seahampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speers_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Speers Point, New South Wales">Speers Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warners_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Warners Bay, New South Wales">Warners Bay</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Wallsend,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="West Wallsend, New South Wales">West Wallsend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitebridge,_New_South_Wales" title="Whitebridge, New South Wales">Whitebridge</a></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <dl><dt>West Ward</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arcadia_Vale,_New_South_Wales" title="Arcadia Vale, New South Wales">Arcadia Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argenton,_New_South_Wales" title="Argenton, New South Wales">Argenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awaba,_New_South_Wales" title="Awaba, New South Wales">Awaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balcolyn,_New_South_Wales" title="Balcolyn, New South Wales">Balcolyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balmoral,_New_South_Wales_(Lake_Macquarie)" title="Balmoral, New South Wales (Lake Macquarie)">Balmoral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley,_New_South_Wales" title="Barnsley, New South Wales">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackalls_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Blackalls Park, New South Wales">Blackalls Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Bolton Point, New South Wales">Bolton Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnells_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Bonnells Bay, New South Wales">Bonnells Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booragul,_New_South_Wales" title="Booragul, New South Wales">Booragul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brightwaters,_New_South_Wales" title="Brightwaters, New South Wales">Brightwaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buttaba,_New_South_Wales" title="Buttaba, New South Wales">Buttaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carey_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Carey Bay, New South Wales">Carey Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Coal Point, New South Wales">Coal Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooranbong,_New_South_Wales" title="Cooranbong, New South Wales">Cooranbong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dora_Creek,_New_South_Wales" title="Dora Creek, New South Wales">Dora Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eraring,_New_South_Wales" title="Eraring, New South Wales">Eraring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fassifern,_New_South_Wales" title="Fassifern, New South Wales">Fassifern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fennell_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Fennell Bay, New South Wales">Fennell Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Fishing Point, New South Wales">Fishing Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freemans_Waterhole,_New_South_Wales" title="Freemans Waterhole, New South Wales">Freemans Waterhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmesville,_New_South_Wales" title="Holmesville, New South Wales">Holmesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilaben_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Kilaben Bay, New South Wales">Kilaben Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killingworth,_New_South_Wales" title="Killingworth, New South Wales">Killingworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandalong,_New_South_Wales" title="Mandalong, New South Wales">Mandalong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmong_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Marmong Point, New South Wales">Marmong Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_New_South_Wales" title="Martinsville, New South Wales">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirrabooka,_New_South_Wales" title="Mirrabooka, New South Wales">Mirrabooka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morisset,_New_South_Wales" title="Morisset, New South Wales">Morisset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morisset_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Morisset Park, New South Wales">Morisset Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myuna_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Myuna Bay, New South Wales">Myuna Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathmines,_New_South_Wales" title="Rathmines, New South Wales">Rathmines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryhope,_New_South_Wales" title="Ryhope, New South Wales">Ryhope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverwater,_New_South_Wales_(Lake_Macquarie)" title="Silverwater, New South Wales (Lake Macquarie)">Silverwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine,_New_South_Wales" title="Sunshine, New South Wales">Sunshine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teralba,_New_South_Wales" title="Teralba, New South Wales">Teralba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toronto,_New_South_Wales" title="Toronto, New South Wales">Toronto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakefield,_New_South_Wales" title="Wakefield, New South Wales">Wakefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wangi_Wangi,_New_South_Wales" title="Wangi Wangi, New South Wales">Wangi Wangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windermere_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Windermere Park, New South Wales">Windermere Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodrising,_New_South_Wales" title="Woodrising, New South Wales">Woodrising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyee,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyee, New South Wales">Wyee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyee_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyee Point, New South Wales">Wyee Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrawonga_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Yarrawonga Park, New South Wales">Yarrawonga Park</a></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Australian Bureau of Statistics">Australian Bureau of Statistics</a> classifies various towns and suburbs in the LGA as being part of the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Newcastle" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Newcastle">Greater Newcastle</a> <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Statistical District</a>. The City of Lake Macquarie has its own independent local government (Lake Macquarie City Council). The largest commercial centre in the area is Charlestown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox infobox-table" style="width: 23em; line-height: 1.2em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above" style="border-bottom: 1px #ddd solid; font-size: larger;">Lake Macquarie suburbs (2021)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Charlestown</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="text-align: right;"> 13,601</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cameron Park</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="text-align: right;"> 9,977</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Warners Bay</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="text-align: right;"> 8,237</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Belmont</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="text-align: right;"> 7,289</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cooranbong</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="text-align: right;"> 7,077</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Eleebana</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="text-align: right;"> 6,460</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Edgeworth</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="text-align: right;"> 6,401</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The area is a set of contiguous towns that surround a coastal saltwater lake. These towns merge with the suburbs of Newcastle to the north. Some suburbs, such as Adamstown Heights are partly in the City of Newcastle and partly within the City of Lake Macquarie. There are 92 identified settlements ranging from small rural style communities through to larger and higher density areas such as Toronto, Warners Bay, Belmont, Charlestown and Morisset. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2011_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Australian census">2011 census</a>, there were 189,006 people in the Lake Macquarie local government area, of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people">Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people</a> made up 3.0% of the population, which was higher than the national and state averages. The <a href="/wiki/Median#Medians_for_populations" title="Median">median</a> age of people in the City of Lake Macquarie was 41 years, which was significantly higher than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.4% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.<sup id="cite_ref-abs2011pop_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs2011pop-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Population growth in the City of Lake Macquarie between the <a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 Australian census">2001 census</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2006_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Australian census">2006 census</a> was 3.36%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 3.20%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Lake Macquarie local government area was approximately half the national average.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2001_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2001-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The median <a href="/wiki/Household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Household income">weekly income</a> for residents within the City of Lake Macquarie was marginally below the national average.<sup id="cite_ref-abs2011pop_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs2011pop-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census2006_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2006-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Lake Macquarie local government area who stated their <a href="/wiki/Ancestor" title="Ancestor">ancestry</a> as <a href="/wiki/Australians" title="Australians">Australian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Celtic" title="Anglo-Celtic">Anglo-Celtic</a> exceeded 81% of all residents (national average was 65.2%). In excess of 58% of all residents in the City of Lake Macquarie nominated a <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Australia" title="Religion in Australia">religious</a> affiliation with <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Australia" title="Christianity in Australia">Christianity</a> at the 2011 census, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2%. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Lake Macquarie local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (5.4%) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4%); and a significantly higher proportion (93.0%) where <a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">English</a> only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8%).<sup id="cite_ref-abs2011pop_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs2011pop-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Croudace_Bay_NSW.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Croudace_Bay_NSW.jpg/220px-Croudace_Bay_NSW.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Croudace_Bay_NSW.jpg/330px-Croudace_Bay_NSW.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Croudace_Bay_NSW.jpg/440px-Croudace_Bay_NSW.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6176" data-file-height="2508" /></a><figcaption>Lake Macquarie at <a href="/wiki/Croudace_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Croudace Bay">Croudace Bay</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Selected historical census data for Lake Macquarie local government area </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Census year </th> <th>2001<sup id="cite_ref-Census2001_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2001-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2006<sup id="cite_ref-Census2006_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2006-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2011<sup id="cite_ref-abs2011pop_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abs2011pop-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2016<sup id="cite_ref-Census2016_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2016-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>2021<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" colspan="2">Population </td> <td>Estimated residents on Census night </td> <td align="right">177,185 </td> <td align="right">183,138 </td> <td align="right">189,006 </td> <td align="right">197,371 </td> <td align="right">213,845 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4<small>th</small> </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4<small>th</small> </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 13<small>th</small> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">% of New South Wales population </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">2.73% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.64% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">% of Australian population </td> <td align="right">0.94% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.92% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.88% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.84% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.84% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Cultural and language diversity </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ancestor" title="Ancestor">Ancestry</a>,<br />top responses </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australians" title="Australians">Australian</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">33.7% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 32.0% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 42.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">32.2% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 31.9% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 43.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">8.2% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8.6% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">7.7% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/German_people" class="mw-redirect" title="German people">German</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">3.0% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.1% </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" colspan="2">Language,<br />top responses<br />(other than <a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">English</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> </td> <td align="right">0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a> </td> <td align="right">0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mandarin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandarin language">Mandarin</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> </td> <td align="right">0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cantonese_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantonese language">Cantonese</a> </td> <td align="right">n/c </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> </td> <td align="right">n/c </td> <td align="right">n/c </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Religious affiliation </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Australia" title="Religion in Australia">Religious</a> affiliation,<br />top responses </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_Australia" title="Irreligion in Australia">No Religion</a> </td> <td align="right">12.5% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 15.5% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 19.7% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 28.9% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 42.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Australia" title="Anglican Church of Australia">Anglican</a> </td> <td align="right">29.1% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 27.6% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 26.2% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 21.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 15.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church in Australia">Catholic</a> </td> <td align="right">23.0% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 22.9% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 22.8% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 20.8% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 18.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uniting_Church_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Uniting Church of Australia">Uniting Church</a> </td> <td align="right">10.0% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8.8% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.8% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.9% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Presbyterian_denominations_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presbyterian denominations in Australia">Presbyterian and Reformed</a> </td> <td align="right">4.4% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.0% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.6% </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Median weekly incomes </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2">Personal income </td> <td>Median weekly personal income </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">A$394 </td> <td align="right">A$520 </td> <td align="right">A$609 </td> <td align="right">A$759 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">% of Australian median income </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">84.5% </td> <td align="right">90.1% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 92% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 94.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2">Family income </td> <td>Median weekly family income </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">A$922 </td> <td align="right">A$1,396 </td> <td align="right">A$1,610 </td> <td align="right">A$2,050 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">% of Australian median income </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">89.8% </td> <td align="right">94.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 92.8% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 96.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2">Household income </td> <td>Median weekly household income </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">A$1,102 </td> <td align="right">A$1,177 </td> <td align="right">A$1,313 </td> <td align="right">A$1,623 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">% of Australian median income </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">94.1% </td> <td align="right">90.5% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 91.3% </td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 93.0% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economics">Economics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Economics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake Macquarie has a significant <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> mining industry and smaller agriculture and manufacturing industries. <a href="/wiki/Eraring_Power_Station" title="Eraring Power Station">Eraring power station</a>, a 1980s-era coal-fired power station, supplies 25% of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>' power.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lake Macquarie has a number of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lakemac.com.au/page.aspx?pid=109&fid=67&ftype=FGrp&vid=1&dlp=True">Constructed Wetlands</a> with the council placing an emphasis on the environment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Council">Council</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Lake_Macquarie" title="List of mayors of Lake Macquarie">List of mayors of Lake Macquarie</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Worldwind_Speers_Point.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Worldwind_Speers_Point.jpg/220px-Worldwind_Speers_Point.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Worldwind_Speers_Point.jpg/330px-Worldwind_Speers_Point.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Worldwind_Speers_Point.jpg/440px-Worldwind_Speers_Point.jpg 2x" data-file-width="616" data-file-height="547" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Speers_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Speers Point, New South Wales">Speers Point</a>, which is shown in relation to Newcastle, is the seat of government for the city of Lake Macquarie.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_composition_and_election_method">Current composition and election method</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current composition and election method"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake Macquarie City Council is composed of thirteen <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a>, including the mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">directly</a> elected while the twelve other Councillors are elected <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">proportionally</a> as three separate <a href="/wiki/Ward_(country_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ward (country subdivision)">wards</a>, each electing four Councillors. The most recent election was <a href="/wiki/2024_New_South_Wales_local_elections" title="2024 New South Wales local elections">held on 14 September 2024</a>, and the makeup of the council, including the mayor, is as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Party </th> <th scope="col">Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(New_South_Wales_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td align="right">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(New_South_Wales_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#13C2CB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_local_government_political_parties_in_Australia#New_South_Wales" title="List of local government political parties in Australia">Lake Mac Independents</a> </td> <td align="right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_local_government_political_parties_in_Australia#New_South_Wales" title="List of local government political parties in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td align="right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>13</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election by ward, is: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Ward </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th scope="col">Party </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">Mayor </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Adam Shultz </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" rowspan="4">East Ward </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Christine Buckley </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Matt Shultz </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td>Stacey Radcliffe </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#13C2CB;">  </td> <td>Michael Hannah </td> <td>Lake Mac Independents </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" rowspan="4">North Ward </td> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#13C2CB;">  </td> <td>Colin Grigg </td> <td>Lake Mac Independents </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Jack Antcliff </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Brian Adamthwaite </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Conroy_(politician)" title="Pat Conroy (politician)">Keara Conroy</a> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" rowspan="4">West Ward </td> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#13C2CB;">  </td> <td>Kate Warner </td> <td>Lake Mac Independents </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Madeline Bishop </td> <td>Labor </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Jason Pauling </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row" style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td>Anthony Swinsburg </td> <td>Independent </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024">2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2024_New_South_Wales_local_elections_in_Hunter#Lake_Macquarie_results" title="Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Hunter">Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Hunter § Lake Macquarie results</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2024_New_South_Wales_local_elections_in_Hunter&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2024_New_South_Wales_local_elections" title="2024 New South Wales local elections">2024 New South Wales local elections</a>: Lake Macquarie </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td>46,239 </td> <td>35.2 </td> <td>−4.0 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td>30,363 </td> <td>23.1 </td> <td>−2.6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#13C2CB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Mac_Independents" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Mac Independents">Lake Mac Independents</a> </td> <td>28,530 </td> <td>21.7 </td> <td>+2.3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens_NSW" title="The Greens NSW">Greens</a> </td> <td>13,257 </td> <td>10.1 </td> <td>+0.3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0095B6;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Community First Independents </td> <td>2,942 </td> <td>2.2 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#118080;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Our_Local_Community" title="Our Local Community">Our Local Community</a> </td> <td>2,819 </td> <td>2.1 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>7,221 </td> <td>5.5 </td> <td>+1.9 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Formal votes </th> <td>131,371 </td> <td>92.8 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Informal votes </th> <td>10,133 </td> <td>7.2 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Total </th> <td>141,504 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>12 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Registered voters / turnout </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021">2021</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2021_New_South_Wales_local_elections_in_Hunter#Lake_Macquarie" title="Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Hunter">Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Hunter § Lake Macquarie</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2021_New_South_Wales_local_elections_in_Hunter&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2021_New_South_Wales_local_elections" title="2021 New South Wales local elections">2021 New South Wales local elections</a>: Lake Macquarie<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td>50,340 </td> <td>39.2 </td> <td> </td> <td>6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td>33,078 </td> <td>25.7 </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#13C2CB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Mac_Independents" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Mac Independents">Lake Mac Independents</a> </td> <td>24,922 </td> <td>19.4 </td> <td> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens_NSW" title="The Greens NSW">Greens</a> </td> <td>12,571 </td> <td>9.8 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td>4,661 </td> <td>3.6 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E52B50;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shooters,_Fishers_and_Farmers_Party" title="Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party">Shooters, Fishers, Farmers</a> </td> <td>29,80 </td> <td>2.3 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Formal votes </th> <td>128,552 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shopping">Shopping</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Shopping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major shopping centres include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Square" title="Charlestown Square">Charlestown Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockland_Glendale" title="Stockland Glendale">Stockland Glendale</a></li> <li>Lake Macquarie Square</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake Macquarie has a number of cultural and artistic locations:<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Dobell House – last residence of <a href="/wiki/William_Dobell" title="William Dobell">William Dobell</a>, Wangi Wangi</li> <li>Finite Gallery, Caves Beach Fine Arts and Crafts</li> <li>Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Booragul</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sea_Islands_Museum" title="South Sea Islands Museum">South Sea Islands Museum</a> and Sunnyside Historic Home, Cooranbong</li> <li>The Friends of Rathmines Incorporated, Rathmines Park</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The City of Lake Macquarie has <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">sister city</a> relations with the following cities:<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hakodate,_Hokkaido" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakodate, Hokkaido">Hakodate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a>, Japan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanagura,_Fukushima" title="Tanagura, Fukushima">Tanagura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima</a>, Japan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotorua" title="Rotorua">Rotorua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Plenty_Region" title="Bay of Plenty Region">Bay of Plenty</a>, New Zealand</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_Rock,_Texas" title="Round Rock, Texas">Round Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, United States of America<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Lake_Macquarie&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adamstown_Heights" title="Adamstown Heights">Adamstown Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arcadia_Vale" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcadia Vale">Arcadia Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argenton,_New_South_Wales" title="Argenton, New South Wales">Argenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awaba,_New_South_Wales" title="Awaba, New South Wales">Awaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balcolyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Balcolyn">Balcolyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balmoral,_New_South_Wales_(Lake_Macquarie)" title="Balmoral, New South Wales (Lake Macquarie)">Balmoral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnsley,_New_South_Wales" title="Barnsley, New South Wales">Barnsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_New_South_Wales" title="Belmont, New South Wales">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Belmont North">Belmont North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Belmont South">Belmont South</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Cams_Wharf" class="mw-redirect" title="Cams Wharf">Cams Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff,_New_South_Wales" title="Cardiff, New South Wales">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Heights" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiff Heights">Cardiff Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_South,_New_South_Wales" title="Cardiff South, New South Wales">Cardiff South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carey_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Carey Bay">Carey Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Hill_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine Hill Bay">Catherine Hill Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caves_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Caves Beach">Caves Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_South_Wales" title="Charlestown, New South Wales">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal Point">Coal Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooranbong" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooranbong">Cooranbong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croudace_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Croudace Bay">Croudace Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dora_Creek,_New_South_Wales" title="Dora Creek, New South Wales">Dora Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley,_New_South_Wales" title="Dudley, New South Wales">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgeworth,_New_South_Wales" title="Edgeworth, New South Wales">Edgeworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleebana" class="mw-redirect" title="Eleebana">Eleebana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eraring" class="mw-redirect" title="Eraring">Eraring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fassifern,_New_South_Wales" title="Fassifern, New South Wales">Fassifern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fennell_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Fennell Bay">Fennell Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing Point">Fishing Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floraville,_New_South_Wales" title="Floraville, New South Wales">Floraville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freemans_Waterhole" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemans Waterhole">Freemans Waterhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Suburb" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden Suburb">Garden Suburb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead,_New_South_Wales" title="Gateshead, New South Wales">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_New_South_Wales" title="Glendale, New South Wales">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highfields,_New_South_Wales" title="Highfields, New South Wales">Highfields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_New_South_Wales" title="Hillsborough, New South Wales">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmesville,_New_South_Wales" title="Holmesville, New South Wales">Holmesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewells,_New_South_Wales" title="Jewells, New South Wales">Jewells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahibah" title="Kahibah">Kahibah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilaben_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilaben Bay">Kilaben Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killingworth,_New_South_Wales" title="Killingworth, New South Wales">Killingworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotara_South" title="Kotara South">Kotara South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakelands,_New_South_Wales" title="Lakelands, New South Wales">Lakelands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Pelican" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Pelican">Little Pelican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Macquarie Hills">Macquarie Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandalong" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandalong">Mandalong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marks_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Marks Point, New South Wales">Marks Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmong_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Marmong Point">Marmong Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_New_South_Wales" title="Martinsville, New South Wales">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirrabooka,_New_South_Wales" title="Mirrabooka, New South Wales">Mirrabooka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morisset" class="mw-redirect" title="Morisset">Morisset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morisset_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Morisset Park">Morisset Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hutton" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Hutton">Mount Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrays_Beach" title="Murrays Beach">Murrays Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myuna_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Myuna Bay">Myuna Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Lambton_Heights" class="mw-redirect" title="New Lambton Heights">New Lambton Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nords_Wharf" class="mw-redirect" title="Nords Wharf">Nords Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican,_New_South_Wales" title="Pelican, New South Wales">Pelican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinny_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinny Beach">Pinny Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rankin_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Rankin Park">Rankin Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathmines,_New_South_Wales" title="Rathmines, New South Wales">Rathmines</a></li> <li><a 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