Type: | suburb |
Green Point | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -32.2475°N 152.5139°W |
Coord Ref: | [1] |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Local Map: | yes |
Pop: | 522 |
Postcode: | 2428 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10 |
Timezone-Dst: | AEDT |
Utc-Dst: | +11 |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist1: | 301 |
Dir1: | NNE |
Location2: | Newcastle |
Dist2: | 153 |
Dir2: | NNE |
Location3: | Forster |
Dist3: | 10 |
Dir3: | S |
Location4: | Port Macquarie |
Dist4: | 121 |
Dir4: | SSW |
Lga: | MidCoast Council |
Region: | Mid North Coast |
County: | Gloucester |
Stategov: | Myall Lakes |
Fedgov: | Lyne |
Near-Nw: | Wallis Island |
Near-N: | Forster |
Near-Ne: | Tasman Sea |
Near-W: | Coomba Park |
Near-E: | Tasman Sea |
Near-Sw: | Whoota |
Near-S: | Pacific Palms |
Near-Se: | Tasman Sea |
Green Point is a small coastal locality in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, on country of the Worimi People, Australia, in the Mid-Coast Council LGA, about 301 km north-north-east of Sydney.
Green Point is a locality 10 km south of Forster. It is bounded by Wallis Lake to the west and Booti Booti National Park to the east.[2]
The 2021 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 522 people in Green Point on census night. Of these, 51% were male, whilst 49% were female.
The majority of residents (77.6%) are of Australian birth, with other common responses being England (6.9%), New Zealand (2.1%) and Germany (1%).
The age distribution of Green Point residents is skewed higher than the greater Australian population. 79% of residents were over 25 years in 2021, compared to the Australian average of 69.8%; and 21% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 30.2%.
7.9% of respondents identified as Indigenous Australians.
Green Point is connected to The Lakes Way via Green Point Drive which goes north towards Forster and south towards Pacific Palms.[3]
Green Point is serviced by the Forster operator of the Buslines Group. Forster Buslines offers a route open to the general public and school buses.[4] [5]