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NSW Transport and InfrastructureProfile of OMBSCs 6 and 7: Central Coast RegionOctober 20093. Bus contract regions continued...Key centresPlaces well-served by public transport are usuallykey centres for employment, shopping, education,recreation and health. The NSW Government’sMetropolitan Strategy defines six types of keycentres:Regional city• GosfordGosford is the major centre in the Central Coastregion. It is a significant retail centre and businessdistrict, and will continue to increase in economicand employment strength. It provides high orderadministration services, education and healthservices, cultural and recreational facilities,and high density commercial and residentialdevelopment.Major retail centres• Wyong• TuggerahWyong and Tuggerah are major regional centresthat provide a concentration of medium to highdensity residential areas, business employment,professional services, department stores,specialised shops, subregional road transportnetworks, and servicing for a number ofsurrounding districts.Major towns• Terrigal• Woy Woy• The EntranceMajor towns provide shopping and businesscentres, including warehouses, transportlogistics and bulky goods, as well as healthand professional services, and medium densityresidential areas.Employment lands• Gosford City Centre• Somersby Industrial Park• Niagara Park Industrial Area• Berkeley Vale Industrial Area• Tuggerah Business Park• University of Newcastle (Central CoastCampus), Ourimbah• Hunter Institute of Technology (CentralCoast Campus), Ourimbah• Bushell’s Ridge (Boral Bricks)• Jilliby (Buttonderry Waste ManagementFacility)• Wyee-Mannering Park-Colongra powergeneration areaEmployment lands are factories, warehousesand offices, high tech manufacturing, transportlogistics and major storage operations.8
NSW Transport and InfrastructureProfile of OMBSCs 6 and 7: Central Coast RegionOctober 20094. Services and facilitiesThe education, health, cultural and retail facilities available in OMBSCs 6 and 7 are described onthe following pages.Education and learningIn OMBSCs 6 and 7 combined, there are 59 government primary schools, 16 governmentsecondary schools, 5 government schools for special purposes and one government ‘community’school. There are 11 non-government primary schools, 6 non-government secondary schools,5 non-government combined primary/secondary schools and one non-government special school.Many students who live in OMBSCs 6 and 7 attend schools in neighbouring regions.The University of Newcastle (Central Coast Campus) is the main tertiary education facility inthe region.In 2006, 15.8% of people attended primary or secondary schools in OMBSCs 6 and 7, which wascomparable with the average 15% across all Contract Regions and 15.1% for NSW.Percentage of residents in OMBSCs 6 and 7 attending an education centre, 2006Education institution% population inOMBSCs 6 & 7 (2006)% population inNSW (2006)Pre school 2.0 1.7Primary school 8.9 8.4High school 6.9 6.7Technical or further education 2.1 2.5University or other tertiary 2.0 3.6Other type of educational institution 0.5 0.6Institution not stated 8.4 8.5Not attending 69.1 67.9Total 100.0% 100.0%Source: 2006 CensusThe schools in OMBSCs 6 and 7 are listed in Appendices 1 and 2.LibrariesThe nineteen public libraries in OMBSC 6 and 7 are listed in Appendix 4.9
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