West Gosford Explained

Type:suburb
West Gosford
City:Central Coast
State:nsw
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Postcode:2250
Pop:1335
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Elevation:10
Area:3.9
Parish:Gosford
Stategov:Gosford
Fedgov:Robertson
Coordinates:-33.415°N 151.3181°W
Dist1:2
Dir1:W
Location1:Gosford
Dist2:10
Dir2:N
Location2:Woy Woy
Dist3:74
Dir3:N
Location3:Sydney
Dist4:91
Dir4:SSW
Location4:Newcastle
Near-Nw:Somersby
Near-N:Narara
Near-Ne:Narara
Near-W:Kariong
Near-E:Gosford
Near-Sw:Kariong
Near-S:Point Clare
Near-Se:Gosford

West Gosford is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the local government area. West Gosford is home to the Henry Kendall cottage and was home to the Gosford Classic Car Museum prior to its 2019 closure.[2] While there are some residential areas, West Gosford is known as a retail and industry hub. Bunnings, Spotlight, Anaconda and Officeworks join the Gosford RSL and a Reliance Super Clinic along the Central Coast Highway.

The West Gosford shopping centre, containing Coles supermarket is in Brisbane Water Drive. Primewest's shopping centre is in nearby Manns Road.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,335 people in West Gosford. 70.8% of people were born in Australia and 82.7% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 28.6%, Anglican 20.9% and Catholic 20.6%.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. Web site: Gosford Classic Car Museum closes – Drive.