Cooranbong, New South Wales
| Cooranbong Greater Newcastle, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°04′26″S 151°27′04″E / 33.074°S 151.451°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 7,077 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,573/km2 (4,070/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1826 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2265 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Coorumbung | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hunter | ||||||||||||||
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Cooranbong (/kɔːrənbɒŋ/ KOR-ən-BONG;) is a town in a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, west of the town of Morisset off the M1 Pacific Motorway. Cooranbong is surrounded by the Watagans National Park.
The town's name is derived from the Aboriginal word "Kour-an-bong", meaning "rocky bottom creek" or "water over rocks".
There is a particularly large Seventh-day Adventist presence in Cooranbong. As of the 2021 census, 23.5% of the suburb is Seventh-day Adventist, which is higher than every other religious denomination besides "no religion".