Swansea Heads

Swansea Heads
Swansea Heads
Suburb
	Swansea Heads
	Coordinates: 33°05′35″S 151°39′43″E / 33.093°S 151.662°E
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
City	Greater Newcastle
LGA	City of Lake Macquarie;
Location	3 km (1.9 mi) E of Swansea;
Government
• State electorate	Swansea;
• Federal division	Shortland;
Area
• Total	1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Population
• Total	609 (2021 census)
• Density	406/km2 (1,050/sq mi)
Postcode	2281
Parish	Wallarah
	Suburbs around Swansea Heads

Swansea Heads is a locality on the Swansea peninsula between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Greater Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie local government area.

History

The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.^[2]

Aboriginal middens were excavated in the area in 1972.^[3]

In May 2014 sinkholes appeared near houses due to subsidence into the abandoned Swansea coal mine.^[4]