| Type: | town |
| Old Bar | |
| Native Name: | [1] |
| State: | nsw |
| Lga: | Mid-Coast Council |
| Postcode: | 2430 |
| Pop: | 5126 |
| Elevation: | 15 |
| Coordinates: | -31.9667°N 187°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Stategov: | Myall Lakes |
| Fedgov: | Lyne |
| County: | Gloucester |
| Parish: | Bohnock |
| Dist1: | 324 |
| Dir1: | NNE |
| Location1: | Sydney |
| Dist2: | 177 |
| Dir2: | NE |
| Location2: | Newcastle |
| Dist3: | 18 |
| Dir3: | E |
| Location3: | Taree |
| Dist4: | 43 |
| Dir4: | N |
| Location4: | Forster |
| Near-Nw: | Dumaresq Island |
| Near-N: | Bohnock |
| Near-Ne: | Cabbage Tree Island |
| Near-E: | Tasman Sea |
| Near-Se: | Tasman Sea |
| Near-S: | Wallabi Point |
| Near-Sw: | Saltwater |
| Near-W: | Pampoolah |
Old Bar is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia in Mid-Coast Council. It lies around 18km (11miles) east of Taree on the Mid North Coast, and around 315km (196miles) north of Sydney.
Old Bar is on the southern side of the mouth of the Manning River.[2]
The population of the urban centre was measured at 3,650 people in the, and that of the suburb proper which includes some surrounding rural area at 4,272 people. It grew rapidly during a boom in housing in 1988.[3]
Old Bar is a common place for light aircraft to land. Old Bar Airfield is an authorised landing area and is heritage listed.[4]
In November 2019, a bushfire that started at Hillville, south of Taree, jumped the Pacific Highway into the path of Old Bar and Wallabi Point. The day before, the NSW Rural Fire Service told residents in these areas to get out or defend. One home was confirmed lost on Old Bar Road.
Old Bar has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: