Woongarrah, New South Wales
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Woongarrah is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Template:NSWcity local government area, as well as part of the Warnervale development precinct.
It consists mainly of paddocks and rural properties, yet over the recent yearsTemplate:When, it has been urbanised, with housing estates being established, much like the neighbouring suburb Hamlyn Terrace.
Planning began in 2000 for a commercial development in the area north of Sparks Road and east of the railway, termed Warnervale Town Centre.[1] Woolworths proposed to build a new shopping centre, and a railway station was planned. A road was constructed to the proposed site (Woongarrah Road), but as of 2022, work on the shopping centre has not yet begun. New plans call for a scaled-down shopping centre, and there is no longer a plan to build a railway station.[2]
Demographics
In the Template:CensusAU, Woongarrah recorded a population of 4,507 people, 51.8% female and 48.2% male with 2.7% being Indigenous Australian. The median age of the population was 34 years, 3 years below the national median of 37. 79.2% of people living in Woongarrah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.8%, Scotland 0.9%, Malta 0.6% and the Philippines 0.5%. 88.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% Maltese, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% German, 0.3% Tongan and 0.3% Spanish.[3]
In the Template:CensusAU, Woongarrah recorded a population of 5,226 people, 51.8% female and 48.2% male with 4.1% being Indigenous Australian. The median age of the population was 35 years, 3 years below the national median of 38. 81.5% of people living in Woongarrah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Philippines 0.8%, Malta 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%. 88.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% Maltese, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% Vietnamese and 0.3% Tongan.[4]
In the Template:CensusAU, Woongarrah recorded a population of 5,962 people, 52.0% female and 48.0% male with 6.0% being Indigenous Australian. The median age of the population was 36 years, 2 years below the national median of 38. 82.0% of people living in Woongarrah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.5%, India 1.1%, the Philippines 1.0% and Malta 0.6%. 88.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.8% Malayalam, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Italian and 0.3% Maltese.[5]
Education
Woongarrah Public School is a government co-educational primary (Kindergarten-6) school at 63-73 Mataram Road (Template:Coord).[6] In 2023, the school had an enrolment of 383 students, with 23 teachers (26.4 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3.8 full-time equivalent).[7] It opened in 2005.[8]
Mackillop Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational primary and secondary (Kindergarten-12) school at 91 Sparks Road (Template:Coord).[9] In 2023, the school had an enrolment of 1,511 students with 127 teachers (114.7 full-time equivalent) and 37 non-teaching staff (24.3 full-time equivalent).[7] It opened in 2003.[10]
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