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Lake Macquarie

Lake Macquarie City on the east coast in the lower Hunter of NSW. The area offers beaches, bushland, mountains and Lake Macquarie, which is about twice the size of Sydney Harbour and one of Australia’s largest saltwater lakes.

Data for this website has been sourced from Council’s financial statements, Council’s annual report and Council’s data returns. The website also refers to data from a number of agencies and entities. Please refer to the data page of this website for links to definitions, information on performance measures, benchmarks, OLG Groups and the data sources that have been used.

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Contacting Council

Address:
126 - 138 Main Road
Speers Point NSW 2284
Postal Address:
Box 1906, Hunter Reg Mail Centre NSW 2310
Phone: 02 4921 0333
Fax: 02 4958 7257
Email:
council@lakemac.nsw.gov.au

Web:
www.lakemac.com.au

Your Local Government Area

 Result
Population (No.) 221,859
Area (Km2) 648.6
Council Classification Regional Town/City
OLG Group 5
State Planning Region Hunter
JO Region Hunter

Your Council

 Result Group Avg. *
Councillors (No.) 13 11
Population per Councillor (No.) 17066 11191
Equivalent Full Time Staff (EFT) (No.) 1,140 838
2023/24 Revenue ($'000) 465369 342725
2023/24 Expenses ($'000) 309273 263276
Residential Pensioner Rebates (%) 15.88249734 19.30006677
Population Density (residents per Km2) 342 246.70
* A NSW council group is determined firstly by whether they are Urban or Rural in nature, and then by population size and density. Please refer to OLG Groups in data tab on website for more information on how individual councils are classified. An OLG group average is then calculated by the average of the same group number eg. All Group 5 Regional Towns/City or all Group 8 Rural.

Your Public Facilities

 Result Group Avg.
Public Swimming Pool Complexes (inc rock pools) (No.) 17 9
Public Halls (No.) 25 24
Public Libraries (No.) 10 5.272727273
Open Public Space (ha) 1551.2 1660.843042
Total Road Length (km) 1,451.14 1,317.19

Demographics of Population

under 20 years
20 - 59 years
60 years and older

Council population (%)

Group population (%)

6.5%

population change last 5 years

Source: ABS, Estimated Resident Population (ERP)

Your Local Population

 Latest Outcome Group Avg.
Five Year Population Change (%) 6.482727136 5.465935368
Population aged under 20 years (%) 23.3 23.31942337
Population aged between 20 and 59 years (%) 46.5 46.47427912
Population aged 60 years and older (%) 30.2 30.2062975
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders (%) 6.3 6.524449792
Speaks language other than English at home (%) 5.3 7.018181818
Socio-Economic Index Rank (1 low, 128 high) 89 71

Council Population Gender

Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander

Language Diversity

Rest of population

Your local population (%)

Your Local Economy

 Result Group Avg.
Unemployment Rate (%) 2.8 3.809090909
Avg Taxable Income ($) 63445 58454.45455
Avg Household Size (No.) 2.5 2.454545455
Value of DA's determined ($'000) 660788 373674
Active Businesses in LGA (No.) 14276 8930.545455

Largest Industry Employer

Health care / Social

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