Wakefield
- Local Government Area
- Lake Macquarie
- Postcode
- 2278
- Population
- 144
- Area
- 18.12 km²
- Coordinates
- -32.9690, 151.5566
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Wakefield
Wakefield is a widely scattered rural locality in the City of Lake Macquarie, about 25 kilometres west of Newcastle, believed to have been named after a town in Yorkshire, England. Historically tied to coal mining in the western Lake Macquarie area, with Diega Creek flowing through into Cockle Creek and part of Awaba State Forest within its bounds.
Nearby localities
- Fassifern (NSW) 2 km
- Ryhope 4 km
- Blackalls Park 4 km
- Fennell Bay 4 km
- Killingworth (NSW) 4 km
- Teralba 4 km