Waratah, New South Wales
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Waratah is a north-western residential suburb of the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, boundaried on the north by the Great Northern Railway. Its postcode is 2298.
History
Waratah was once a major Municipality in its own right, with an elected council and mayor, incorporated in 1871. Two notable mayors, both elected to the office three times each were John Scholey and auctioneer N.B.Creer, both of whom resided at North Waratah (now Mayfield, New South Wales). Scholey was instrumental in the establishment of the Waratah Bowling Club of which he was also Patron.
Originally Waratah had as its industrial base a large colliery bearing its name. The largest industry in Waratah today is the Commonwealth Steel Coy, which abuts the railway.
The suburb contains a major acute hospital, the Mater Misericordiae, owned by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy, who, until recently occupied all the most senior nursing positions. Nearby is an established major 79-bed independent Home of the Elderly, Maroba.
Schools
- Callaghan College - Waratah Campus (formerly Waratah High School (Years 7-10) [link]
- Waratah Public School (State sector) [link]
- St Philip's Christian College [link]
- Corpus Christi (Roman Catholic Primary School) [link]
Local landmarks
- Mater Hospital[link]
- Maroba [link]
- Comsteel has a large production facility in Waratah.
- Waratah has two shopping centres. The larger one contains a Coles and a Kmart store, amongst others. The smaller one, along Station Street, is approximately 200 metres away and contains two pubs, the Waratah Rugby Union Football Club and some smaller shops.
2001 census data
- Area: 4.2 sq kilometres
- Population: 9047 (4200 males, 4847 females)
- * Married: 3084
- * Separated: 244
- * Divorced: 701
- * Widowed: 900
- * Never Married: 2661
- * Born in Australia: 7431
- * Speaking only English at home: 7909
- * Religion - Christian: 6975
- ** Roman Catholic: 2571
- ** Anglican: 2442
- * No Religion: 1089
- * Educational attendance:
- ** Attending Infants/Primary School: 618
- ** Attending Secondary School: 453
- ** Attending Technical and Further Education Institution: 315
- ** Attending University: 692
- ** Not attending: 6397
- * Highest level of schooling attained by those over 15 years old:
- ** Left school at year 9 or below: 1738
- ** Left school at year 10: 2252
- ** Left school at year 11 or year 12: 2688
- ** Did not go to school: 643
- * Highest level of non-school educational attainment:
- ** Certificate: 1273
- ** Diploma/Advanced Diploma: 385
- ** Bachelor Degree: 530
- ** Graduate Diploma/Certificate: 76
- ** Postgraduate Degree: 78
- ** Not applicable: 4341
- * Uses computer at home: 3264
- * Uses the internet regularly: 2857
- * Employment:
- ** Employed: 3166
- ** Unemployed: 461
- ** Unemployment rate: 12.7%
- ** Not in Labour force: 3560
- ** Implied Participation Rate: 50.5%
- ** 15-19 year olds unemployed: 94
- * Occupation:
- ** Managers and Administrators: 114
- ** Professionals: 589
- ** Associate Professionals: 313
- ** Tradespersons or Related Workers: 407
- ** Advanced Clerical and Service Workers: 100
- ** Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers: 560
- ** Intermediate Production and Transport Workers: 299
- ** Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers: 403
- ** Labourers and Related Workers: 323
- * Median Age: 38
- * Median Weekly Individual Income: AUD$200-$299
- * Median Weekly Family Income: AUD$700-$799
- * Median Weekly Household Income: AUD$500-$599
- * Median Monthly Housing Loan Repayments: AUD$800-$999
- * Median Weekly Rent: AUD$100-$149
- * Mean Household size: 2.2
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