Adamstown, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 32°56′04″S 151°43′33″E / 32.93435°S 151.72584°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Newcastle | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 6,335 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2289 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Newcastle | ||||||||||||
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Adamstown is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 6 kilometres (4 mi) from Newcastle's central business district. It is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie local government areas.
The suburb takes its name from Thomas Adams, who purchased a land grant of 54 acres of Crown land.
Adamstown officially became a suburb in 1885 and the first council was elected in 1886 with the council chambers being completed in 1892.[2] In 1938 Adamstown merged into other local council areas to become the areas of Greater Newcastle.[2]
The Adamstown railway station opened in 1887 with the Newcastle–Gosford section of the Main North line.[3] The now closed branch line to Belmont formerly left the main line just south of Adamstown Station. The town also includes the beginning of the Fernleigh Track, a multi-use rail trail near Belmont. The project is a joint venture between Newcastle City Council and Lake Macquarie City Council and extends from Adamstown to Belmont over an approximate distance of 15.5 km (10 mi).
Demographics
According to the 2021 census of Population, there were 6,335 people in Adamstown.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.
- 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 2.0%.
- 88.1% of people only spoke English at home.
- The most common responses for religion were No Religion 47.1%, Catholic 21.1% and Anglican 11.0%.[4]
