Tacoma 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 Central Coast region of

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, Australia. It is part of the

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. Tacoma is located on the northern bank of the Wyong River where it opens up onto

Tuggerah Lake Tuggerah Lake, an intermittently open intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary that is part of the Tuggerah Lakes, is located within the local government area in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The lake is locat ...

. It has a general store, a school, Tacoma Public School and a Fishermans Co-operative. The suburb is also home to the Wyong Lakes Magpies Australian Football Club. In 2024, there were around 215 kids in Tacoma Public School; they also have a Aboriginal year 5 to year 6 aboriginal programs with Tuggerahwong public school.

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Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales) {{CentralCoastNSW-geo-stub