| Type: | suburb |
| Wakefield | |
| State: | nsw |
| Alternative Location Map: | Australia Hunter Central Coast |
| Coordinates: | -32.949°N 151.551°W |
| Lga: | City of Lake Macquarie |
| Postcode: | 2278 |
| Pop: | 144 |
| Elevation: | 49 |
| Parish: | Teralba |
| Stategov: | Lake Macquarie |
| Fedgov: | Hunter |
| Dist1: | 25 |
| Dir1: | NNE |
| Location1: | Morisset |
| Dist2: | 27 |
| Dir2: | W |
| Location2: | Newcastle |
| Dist3: | 134 |
| Dir3: | N |
| Location3: | Sydney |
| Dist4: | 61 |
| Dir4: | N |
| Location4: | The Entrance |
| Dist5: | 46 |
| Dir5: | N |
| Location5: | Wyong |
| Near-Nw: | Killingworth |
| Near-N: | Killingworth |
| Near-Ne: | Teralba |
| Near-W: | Awaba |
| Near-E: | Teralba |
| Near-Sw: | Awaba |
| Near-S: | Awaba |
| Near-Se: | Fassifern |
Wakefield is a small-rural locality in the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, situated 25 kilometres to the west of Newcastle. At the, it had a population of 144.
The Awabakal people are the first people of this area.[1]