Brightwaters, New South Wales

Suburb of City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

33°05′53″S 151°32′06″E / 33.098°S 151.535°E / -33.098; 151.535Population875 (2021 census)^[1] • Density800/km² (2,060/sq mi)Established1859Postcode(s)2264Area1.1 km² (0.4 sq mi)Location6 km (4 mi) E of Morisset LGA(s)City of Lake MacquarieParishMorissetState electorate(s)Lake Macquarie Federal division(s)Hunter

Suburbs around Brightwaters:
Bonnells Bay	Bonnells Bay	Yarrawonga Park
Bonnells Bay	Brightwaters	Mirrabooka
Windermere Park	Lake Macquarie

Brightwaters is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia on a peninsula east of the town of Morisset on the western shore of Lake Macquarie.

History

Early industries were tinned fish and sugar cane. A sugar cane mill was built, but it was destroyed by a bushfire in 1875. A post office was opened in 1963 and closed in 1979.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 903 people in Brightwaters. 84.1% of people were born in Australia and 93.0% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion in Brightwaters were No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 24.1% and Anglican 19.8%.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brightwaters". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.