Killarney Vale, New South Wales
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Central Coast | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 7,491 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2261 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Tuggerah | ||||||||||||
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Killarney Vale is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 5 kilometres south of The Entrance. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.
The Entrance – Long Jetty hospital is located in Killarney Vale. It is a Community Health Centre of NSW Department of Health. It does not have an Accident or Emergency service. The hospital is located in buildings that were originally built as the club house for Tuggerah Lakes Golf Club.
Killarney Vale contains two public primary schools. Wyong Road is the main road that runs through Killarney Vale linking The Entrance to Wyong. A second main road running along the south western edge is Eastern Road.
Along Wyong Road, there are Killarney Vale shops which includes a small supermarket. As a local shopping area there is a pharmacy, medical, bakery, and other specialist retail.
It was named after the town of Killarney in Ireland.
Population
According to the 2021 census, there were 7,491 people in Killarney Vale.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.
- 85.0% of people were born in Australia, the next most common countries of birth included England 2.8%, New Zealand 1.1, the Philippines 0.5%, Scotland 0.4%, and Malaysia 0.4%.
- 89.3% of people spoke only English at home, the next most common languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.4%, Mandarin 0.4%, Cantonese 0.3%, Greek 0.2%, and Italian 0.2%.
- The most common responses for religion included No Religion 40.1%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 17.4%, and Uniting Church 2.2%, a further 8.0% of respondents for this area elected not to disclose their religious status.[3]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Killarney Vale (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Killarney Vale (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Killarney Vale". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
33°21′54″S 151°27′36″E / 33.365°S 151.460°E