Floraville, New South Wales — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Floraville, in the Lake Macquarie City Council local government area.
| Locality | Floraville |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Lake Macquarie City Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -33.01106 |
| Longitude | 151.66321 |
| Population | 1,836 |
| Density | 1370.1 /km² |
| Area | 1.3 km² |
| Elevation | 58 m |
| Postcode | 2280 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 104 km north-northeast |
Floraville is a locality in the Lake Macquarie City Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It has a population of approximately 1,836. The locality covers an area of 1.3 km², giving a population density of about 1370.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 58 m above sea level. It lies approximately 104 km north-northeast of Sydney. Floraville is located at 33.0111°S, 151.6632°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2280.
Floraville rests on the edge of the great inland sea, a stretch of water that dictates the rhythm of life here, its moods shifting from glassy calm to a restless chop under a wide, often brilliant sky. It lies 15.9 km south-west of Newcastle, NSW (from Newcastle, NSW: bearing 230°T), and is situated 12.5 km south of Wallsend. The land itself is a gentle rise, a shallow breath exhaled from the surrounding hills, carpeted in a hardy, sun-bleached grass that yields to pockets of scrub and the occasional resilient gum tree, their limbs reaching like arthritic fingers. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, briny tang, a constant reminder of the proximity to the vastness of the Pacific, even inland as Floraville is. The houses are mostly low-slung, practical structures, painted in muted colours that blend with the dry earth, and they seem to huddle together as if for warmth against the sheer openness of the landscape.
The story of Floraville is one of resilience, etched into the very character of its inhabitants, who have carved a living from this often-demanding terrain. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land and the burgeoning coal seams discovered in the neighbouring valleys, established a small but determined community. While the deep seams have long since been worked out, the legacy of mining still whispers in the occasional weathered piece of machinery left to rust in a forgotten paddock, a silent monument to a bygone era. Today, Floraville’s economy leans more towards grazing and a modest tourism trade, with visitors drawn to the quiet charm and the access it provides to the vast waterways for boating and fishing. The local school, a modest brick building that has seen generations pass through its doors, remains the heart of the community, a place where stories are shared and traditions, subtle and unforced, are passed down.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Floraville, New South Wales with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Floraville, in the Lake Macquarie City Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Floraville includes the postcode (2280), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Lake Macquarie City Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Major Cities of Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Floraville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |