Woodberry, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Woodberry
City:Maitland
State:nsw
Pop:3155
Density:2310
Density Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:2322
Coordinates:-32.79°N 151.6678°W
Elevation:9
Area:8.5
Area Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:156
Dir1:N
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:22.5
Dir2:NW
Location2:Newcastle
Dist3:13.9
Dir3:ESE
Location3:Maitland
Dist4:11
Dir4:WSW
Location4:Raymond Terrace
Lga:City of Maitland[3]
Region:Hunter
County:Northumberland
Parish:Alnwick
Stategov:Maitland[4]
Fedgov:Paterson
Near-N:Millers Forest
Near-Ne:Heatherbrae
Near-E:Tomago
Near-Se:Tarro, Tomago
Near-S:Tarro
Near-Sw:Beresfield
Near-W:Thornton
Near-Nw:Thornton

Woodberry is one of the easternmost suburbs of the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[3] At the, Woodberry's population was 3,155. Most of the population lives in residential subdivisions while almost 84% of the suburb's land is rural in nature. Rental accommodation is occupied by a third of the residents.[5]

It lies to the west of the Hunter River, 2.4km (01.5miles) of which forms the suburb's eastern border, separating it from Heatherbrae and Tomago in the Port Stephens local government area. It is connected by road to the adjoining suburbs of Millers Forest, Beresfield and Tarro. Much of Woodberry is low-lying floodplain and when the Hunter River floods, the roads to Millers Forest and Tarro sometimes become impassable. However, the residential area is elevated and access to Beresfield remains available.

It is the home of the Woodberry Warriors Rugby league.There is a government co-ed primary school called Woodberry Public School on Lawson Avenue in Woodberry.[6]

Notes and References

  1. This is the average density of the residential part of the suburb where almost all of the population lives, not the average for the whole suburb which is considerably lower at 383/km2.
  2. Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
  3. Web site: Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Newcastle city council. New South Wales Division of Local Government. 21 October 2008.
  4. Web site: Maitland. . 23 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Investment Property Woodberry, NSW, 2322. Real Estate Investar. 12 February 2015.
  6. Web site: Woodberry Public School. 9 September 2020. NSW Department of School.