Bennetts Green, New South Wales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bennetts Green Newcastle, New South Wales
Bennetts Green Location in the Hunter-Central Coast Region
Population	0 (2021 census)
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2290
Area	4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Location	14 km (9 mi) SW of Newcastle 5 km (3 mi) S of Charlestown
LGA(s)	City of Lake Macquarie
Parish	Kahibah
State electorate(s)	Charlestown
Federal Division(s)	Shortland
Suburbs around Bennetts Green: Gateshead Gateshead Dudley Windale Bennetts Green Redhead Jewells Jewells Redhead

Bennetts Green is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located 14 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie.

Economy

It contains very few homes and is mainly a commercial shopping, small factory-warehouse area.

Current businesses include:

• Harvey Norman
• Bing Lee
• Supercheap Auto
• BCF
• Fantastic Furniture

It also was the home of the very first Harvey Norman Computer Superstore, which was set up in 1993.Other businesses that have been in the area include:

• AMF Bowling alley
• Retravision

New retail development

In 2016 land on the opposite side of the highway to the existing retail development was originally sold to Woolworths Limited for $20.3M for a proposed development that would contain a Masters hardware store, however due to the collapse of the Masters chain the site was then sold to the Spotlight Group for a proposed $100M development.

The first of the businesses including Anaconda, Road Tech Marine and BP commenced operation at the grand opening of the new retail development on 31 October 2020.