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Fern Bay, New South Wales

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Fern Bay
Suburb
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New housing subdivision works at Fern Bay
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CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionHunter
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Area
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 • Total
8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 • Total2,763 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density325.1/km2 (842/sq mi)[a]
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+11 (AEDT)
Postcode
2295
CountyGloucester[3]
ParishStockton[3]
Mean max temp25.5 °C (77.9 °F)[4]
Mean min temp8.4 °C (47.1 °F)[4]
Annual rainfall1,140.8 mm (44.91 in)[4]
Suburbs around Fern Bay
Fullerton Cove Fullerton Cove Fullerton Cove
Fullerton Cove, Hunter River (north arm) Fern Bay Tasman Sea
Hunter River (North Arm) Stockton Tasman Sea

Fern Bay is the southernmost suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][3] It is located just north of Stockton, which is the only suburb of Newcastle that lies north of the Hunter River and to the east of the north arm of the Hunter River at the entrance to Fullerton Cove, a large body of water. To the east is the Tasman Sea.[5] Despite the suburb only being 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) in a direct line from Newcastle, the need to cross the Hunter River results in Fern Bay being 16 km (9.9 mi) by road from the centre of the city.

The area is undergoing a residential expansion program with a large development being built between Nelson Bay Road and Stockton Beach on land formerly used as a military weapons range.[6][7]

History

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The Worimi people are the traditional owners of the Port Stephens area.[8]

Population

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83.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 3.8%. 91.7% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Anglican 26.2%, No Religion 26.0% and Catholic 21.3%.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ This is the average density for the whole suburb, which contains large tracts of marshlands, beaches and coastal scrubland, none of which is populated.
  2. ^ Area calculation is based on NSW 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

References

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  • Fern Bay at Australian Explorer
  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons


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