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Suburb of City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Coordinates | 33°05′53″S 151°32′06″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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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.
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]
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