Tea Gardens is a locality in the Mid-Coast Council local government area, located near the southern extremity of the

Mid North Coast The Mid North Coast is a country region in the north-east of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region covers the mid northern coast of the state, beginning from Port Stephens north of Sydney, and extending as far north as Woolgoo ...

and the northern extremity of the Hunter Region in

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, Australia. At the Tea Gardens had a population of 2,884, with most of the population resident in the town of Tea Gardens at the southern end of the locality.

Geography

Tea Gardens extends along the west bank of the

Myall River Myall River, an open semi-mature brackish freshwater barrier estuary of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Myall River rises out of the southern slopes ...

from Port Stephens about in a north-north-easterly direction. In the west it reaches the Pacific Highway. The town of Tea Gardens is located at the southernmost end of the locality, on the northern shore of Port Stephens on the west bank of the Myall River, which connects the

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to the port. It is located directly across the river from

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and the two lane

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connects the two. Tea Gardens is located almost north of Sydney, about southeast of the Pacific Highway on the southern end of the

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listed wetlands of the Myall Lakes.

Demographics

According to the the population of Tea Gardens is 2,884, an increase from 2,434 in 2011. The median age in Tea Gardens is 65, significantly higher than the national average of 38. Tea Gardens has one of the oldest populations in Australia. This is also an increase from 61 in 2011. 15.6% of residents are aged 65–69; this compares with the national figure of 5.1%. 4.2% of residents are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; the median age among this group is 27. 79.2% of residents report being born in Australia; higher than the national average of 66.7%. Other than Australia the top countries are England (6.0%); New Zealand (1.6%), and Scotland (1.0%). The most common reported ancestries in Tea Gardens are English, Australian and Irish. 66.8% of residents report both parents being born in Australia, higher than the national average of 47.3%. The major religious groups in Tea Gardens are Anglican 34.9%, Catholic 21.4% and Uniting Church 6.8%. 18.9% reported no religion with 7.1% not answering the question. The unemployment rate in Tea Gardens is 8.3% as at the 2016 census, which is higher than the national average of 5%.

References

* * 1:100000 map 9332 Port Stephens {{authority control Towns in the Hunter Region Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council