Arcadia Vale, New South Wales

Arcadia Vale
Suburb
Arcadia Vale
Coordinates: 33°03′43″S151°35′13″E / 33.062°S 151.587°E / -33.062; 151.587
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
LGA	City of Lake Macquarie
Location	14 km (8.7 mi) ENE of Morisset 34 km (21 mi) SW of Newcastle 133 km (83 mi) N of Sydney 25 km (16 mi) SW of Charlestown 50 km (31 mi) N of The Entrance
Established	1878
Government
•  State electorate	Lake Macquarie
•  Federal division	Hunter
Elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Population
• Total	1,431 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode	2283
Parish	Awaba
Suburbs around Arcadia Vale Awaba Buttaba Buttaba Awaba Arcadia Vale Lake Macquarie Myuna Bay Wangi Wangi Wangi Wangi

Arcadia Vale is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia between the town centres of Toronto and Morisset on the western shore of Lake Macquarie. It had a population of 1,381 down from 1,518 in 2006.

History

The Awabakal people are the first people of the area. ^[2]

Arcadia Vale was subdivided in 1922. During the Great Depression, many out-of-work miners and their families moved into boatsheds on the waterfront. The first school opened in 1958.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Arcadia Vale". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
2. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

External links

• History of Arcadia Vale