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.
| Brightwaters New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Brightwaters | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°05′53″S 151°32′06″E / 33.098°S 151.535°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 875 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,060/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1859 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2264 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 6 km (4 mi) E of Morisset | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Morisset | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hunter | ||||||||||||||
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History
editEarly 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
editIn 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
edit- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brightwaters". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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External links
edit- History of Brightwaters (Lake Macquarie City Library)
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