Wyong Shire

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Wyong Shire
New South Wales

Population:
• Density:

130,536
175.2/km²

Area:

827 km²

Mayor:

Bob Graham

Council Seat:

Wyong

Region:

Central Coast

State District:

Wyong, The_Entrance, Lake Macquarie, Swansea

Federal Division:

Dobell, Shortland

Website: http://www.wyongsc.nsw.gov.au

LGAs around Wyong Shire
Cessnock	Lake Macquarie
Hawkesbury	Wyong Shire
	Gosford

Wyong Shire is located in New South Wales, Australia, specifically in the Central Coast region, north of Sydney. Wyong Shire's administrative centre is located in the town of Wyong, and the Council maintains service and information centres at The Entrance, Tuggerah and at Lakehaven Shopping Centre.

Wyong Shire is located around the coastal lake system of Tuggerah Lake, Budgewoi Lake and Lake Munmorah. It includes a coastal strip from Bateau Bay to Budgewoi, some lakeside towns and residential areas, some inland towns on the coastal plain and a sparsely populated region to the west with some rural townships (Yarramalong, Dooralong, Jilliby) and regions of native bush (Kulnura).

The council area is bounded

North by the City of Lake Macquarie, the boundary running along the southern shore of Lake Macquarie, then through Wyee and then North-West between Lemon Tree and Cooranbong.
West by City of Cessnock.
South by City of Gosford, the boundary running Bateau Bay and Forresters Beach, through Tumbi Umbi, Holgate, Lisarow, Somersby and Kulnura,
East by the Pacific Ocean

1 History
2 Industries and services
3 Suburbs and towns
4 Statistics
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] History

1889 saw the opening of the railway from Sydney to Newcastle, and Wyong turning into a proper township with the opening of the Royal Hotel and the first post office was established. The railway was the making of the timber industry. In its heyday, around the turn of the century, Wyong exported thousands of railway sleepers. In 1904 the Lighthouse at Norah Head was built and the first few houses began to appear at The Entrance. Already early tourists were making the trip to Tuggerah Lakes - by boat, horse-drawn vehicle and train - to take advantage of fishing and walking opportunities in the area, and the population of the Shire grew over time. Roads, bridges and boarding houses were built. In 1947, Wyong Shire was created out of the old Erina Shire.

[edit] Industries and services

University of Newcastle (NSW) has a Campus at Ourimbah
The NSW Police Assistance Line (PAL) call centre operates from Tuggerah Business Park.

[edit] Suburbs and towns

Western area:

[edit] Statistics

Some brief statistics from the 2001 Australian Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/

	Wyong			NSW			Australia
	2001	1996	1991	2001	1996	1991	2001	1996	1991
Population (incr. to 2001)	130854	115999 (12.8%)	100643 (30.0%)	6,371,745	6,038,696 (3.3%)	5,732,032 (11.2%)	18,972,350	17,892,423 (6.0%)	16,850,334 (12.6%)
0-14 (proportion)	29599 (22.7%)			1,313,350 (20.8%)			3,912,475 (20.8%)
15-24 (proportion)	14848 (11.4%)			845,345 (13.4%)			2,566,346 (13.6%)
25-44 (proportion)	34720 (26.6%)			1,880,360 (29.8%)			5,591,476 (30.0%)
45-64 (proportion)	28426 (21.8%)			1,443,638 (22.9%)			4,328,074 (23.1%)
65+ (proportion)	22943 (17.6%)			828,475 (13.1%)			2,370,878 (12.5%)
Median age	37	xx	xx	35	34	32	35	34	32
Australian-born	82.1%	xx%	xx%	70.5%	73.3%	75.1%	72.6%	74.5%	75.8%
Post-Secondary Education
Postgraduate	xx%	xx%	xx%	3.4%	2.9%	2.1%	3.2%	2.7%	1.9%
Bachelor	xx%	xx%	xx%	10.1%	8.0%	5.8%	9.7%	7.7%	5.7%
Diploma/Certificate	xx%	xx%	xx%	22.7%	20.6%	19.8%	21.8%	19.6%	18.8%