Bennetts Green is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located 14 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie.
| Bennetts Green Newcastle, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Bennetts Green | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°59′35″S 151°41′35″E / 32.993°S 151.693°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00/km2 (0.00/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2290 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Kahibah | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Charlestown | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Shortland | ||||||||||||||
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Economy
editThis section possibly contains original research. (February 2015) |
It contains very few homes and is mainly a commercial shopping, small factory-warehouse area.
Current businesses include:
It also was the home of the very first Harvey Norman Computer Superstore, which was set up in 1993.Other businesses that have been in the area include:
- AMF Bowling alley
- Retravision
New retail development
editIn 2016 land on the opposite side of the highway to the existing retail development was originally sold to Woolworths Limited for $20.3M for a proposed development that would contain a Masters hardware store, however due to the collapse of the Masters chain the site was then sold to the Spotlight Group for a proposed $100M development.[2]
The first of the businesses including Anaconda, Road Tech Marine and BP commenced operation at the grand opening of the new retail development on 31 October 2020.[3]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bennetts Green". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Spotlight Group's $100m retail development at Bennetts Green to open from late 2020". lakesmail.com.au. 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Spotlight Group's Bennetts Green retail and commercial centre provides timely jobs boost". newcastleherald.com.au. 10 October 2020.
External links
edit- History of Bennetts Green (Lake Macquarie City Library)
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