Ferodale, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Ferodale
State:nsw
Relief:1
Coordinates:-32.6817°N 151.8511°W
Pop:98
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Density:1.19
Density Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:2318
Elevation:12.5
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
Area:82.1
Area Footnotes:[4]
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:174
Dir1:NNE
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:32
Dir2:N
Location2:Newcastle
Dist3:13
Dir3:E
Location3:Raymond Terrace
Lga:Port Stephens Council
Region:Hunter
County:Gloucester
Parish:Thornton
Stategov:Port Stephens[5]
Fedgov:Paterson[6]
Near-N:,
Near-Ne:,
Near-Sw:Raymond Terrace
Near-W:, Raymond Terrace
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12

Ferodale is a sparsely populated rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. A large portion of the suburb is occupied by Grahamstown Dam, the lower Hunter Region's main water storage reservoir.

Geography

Ferodale is immediately to the east of the Pacific Highway and to the north of Richardson Road, the main road between Raymond Terrace and Port Stephens. It is bisected by Medowie Road, which connects the Pacific Highway to . The entire southwestern corner of the suburb, approximately 390NaN0 or 48% of the total area, is occupied by Grahamstown Lake and its immediate surrounds. Although the suburb borders Raymond Terrace, residents of the suburb are closer to Medowie.

Notes and References

  1. ABS population data for Ferodale only includes residents living to the west of . Residents living north of Medowie are included in the ABS data for .
  2. This is the average density of the entire suburb. However, Grahamstown Dam occupies a significant portion of the suburb, and so this figure does not represent the actual population density in the "liveable" part of the suburb.
  3. Ferodale is primarily flat with few elevated areas. Average elevation of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
  4. Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
  5. Web site: Port Stephens. . 23 November 2019.
  6. Web site: Profile of the electoral division of Paterson (NSW). Australian Electoral Commission. 15 May 2016.