Cardiff South is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

of the

City of Lake Macquarie The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area (LGA) in the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city on 7 September 1984. It is adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is part of the Greater Newcastle area. ...

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, located west-southwest of Newcastle's

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...

. It is part of the

north ward. Cardiff South was originally composed of three separate suburbs: Cardiff South, Evelien, and Coalbrook. Its soccer team, the South Cardiff Gunners play in the

NBN State Football League The National Premier Leagues Northern NSW (NPL NNSW) is a semi-professional soccer competition in Northern New South Wales. The competition is conducted by Northern NSW Football, one of two organizing bodies in New South Wales (the other being ...

, the top soccer competition in Newcastle.

References

External links

History of Cardiff South
(Lake Macquarie City Library) Suburbs of Lake Macquarie {{LakeMacquarie-geo-stub