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Bennetts Green, New South Wales

Coordinates: 32°59′35″S 151°41′35″E / 32.993°S 151.693°E / -32.993; 151.693
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Bennetts Green
NewcastleNew South Wales
Bennetts Green is located in the Hunter-Central Coast Region
Bennetts Green
Bennetts Green
Coordinates32°59′35″S 151°41′35″E / 32.993°S 151.693°E / -32.993; 151.693
Population0 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.00/km2 (0.00/sq mi)
Postcode(s)2290
Area4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)City of Lake Macquarie
ParishKahibah
State electorate(s)Charlestown
Federal division(s)Shortland
Suburbs around Bennetts Green:
Gateshead Gateshead Dudley
Windale Bennetts Green Redhead
Jewells Jewells Redhead

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.

Economy

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:

New retail development

In 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] including:

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

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bennetts Green". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Spotlight Group's $100m retail development at Bennetts Green to open from late 2020". lakesmail.com.au. 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Spotlight Group's Bennetts Green retail and commercial centre provides timely jobs boost". newcastleherald.com.au. 10 October 2020.