What type of administrative area is Gosford?

Gosford is classified as both a city and a suburb. It serves as the capital of the City of Gosford, which is a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. Since May 2016, it has been located within the Central Coast region of New South Wales.

When was Gosford founded and who named it?

Gosford was founded in 1823 and was named after Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, an Anglo-Irish nobleman who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1831–1837.

What is the population of Gosford?

According to the 2021 Australian Census, Gosford had a population of 4,873 people. The 2016 Census recorded 3,499 residents, with 1,855 males and 1,649 females.

What is the area and elevation of Gosford?

Gosford covers an area of 940 square kilometres and sits at an elevation of 10 metres above sea level. Its geographic coordinates are -33.423333° latitude and 151.341389° longitude.

What suburbs share borders with Gosford?

Gosford shares borders with seven surrounding suburbs: West Gosford, East Gosford, Point Frederick, Narara, North Gosford, Springfield, and Wyoming.

What is Gosford's relationship to the Central Coast?

Gosford became part of the Central Coast region on 12 May 2016. Prior to this, from 1 January 1947 to 12 May 2016, it was the administrative centre of the City of Gosford local government area. Before 1947, it was located within New South Wales state.

What are Gosford's identification codes and identifiers?

Gosford has numerous identification codes across different systems: Geonames ID 2164849, VIAF ID 141249900, FAST ID 1231216, Freebase ID /m/03f6x, OpenStreetMap relation ID 6039385, Library of Congress authority ID n84195964, Australian Statistical Geography 2021 ID SAL11722, and UN/LOCODE AUGOS.

Does Gosford have any twin cities?

Yes, Gosford is twinned with Nitra, a city in Slovakia.

What electoral districts represent Gosford?

Gosford is represented in the New South Wales state parliament by the electoral district of Gosford, and federally by the Division of Robertson in the Australian House of Representatives.

What is the climate and timezone of Gosford?

Gosford operates on Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00) during standard time. The city experiences a temperate climate typical of the New South Wales Central Coast region.

Gosford

city in New South Wales, Australia

City city Q605113

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of: city, suburb^[4]
Inception: 1823^[16]
Official website: www.gosford.nsw.gov.au^[17]
Native label: Gosford^[24]
Official name: Gosford^[21]

Location

Country: Australia^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ -33.423°, 151.341°
Located in the administrative territorial entity: New South Wales, Central Coast, City of Gosford, Gosford^[1]^[2]
Shares border with: West Gosford, East Gosford, Point Frederick, Narara, North Gosford, Springfield, Wyoming^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Population and size

Area: +940^[27]
Elevation above sea level: +10^[26]
Female population: +1649^[22]
Male population: +1855^[23]
Population: +3499, +4873^[18]^[19]

Codes

Local dialing code: 0233^[15]
Postal code: 2250^[14]

More facts +5

Capital of: City of Gosford^[20]
Associated electoral district: Gosford, Robertson^[28]^[29]
Different from: Gosford^[25]
Named after: Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford^[12]
Twinned administrative body: Nitra^[13]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 28

VIAF cluster ID: 141249900
Library of Congress authority ID: n84195964
GND ID: 107423524X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Gosford, nsw.jpg ↗
Australian Statistical Geography 2011 ID: SSC11001
Australian Statistical Geography 2016 ID: SSC11722
Australian Statistical Geography 2021 ID: SAL11728
Curlie ID: Regional/Oceania/Australia/New_South_Wales/Localities/G/Gosford/
Domain suburb profile ID: gosford-nsw-2250
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: place/Gosford
FAST ID: 1231216
FactGrid item ID: Heinrich Karl Beyrich

Show all 28 identifiers +16

Freebase ID: /m/03f6x
GNS Unique Feature ID: -1576117
GeoNames ID: 2164849
Geographical Names Board of NSW ID: MaKqwprXGH
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1097009
MusicBrainz area ID: 1552269e-bc59-4344-a28e-3d40f8f94381
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007559944705171
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 6039385
Quora topic ID: Gosford-New-South-Wales
SNARC ID: 1920
Topic's main category: Category:Gosford
UN/LOCODE: AUGOS
WOEID: 1102393
Who's on First ID: 101930477
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJrrwRFtF88QMrkfFfyGHC
Yale LUX ID: place/1f96a588-05a6-43b7-83a9-609c6a848a8c

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🔗 Connections

People born here 31

Andrew Redmayne Cyclat, Mark Edmondson, Road Dogg, Matt Graham, Ken Wallace, Daniel Webber, Nathan Healey, John Martin +23 more

People who died here 5

Hugh Keays-Byrne, Michael Pate, Gerard Kennedy, Ken Ross, Michael Chamberlain

Instance of 2

city, suburb

Located in the administrative territorial entity 2

New South Wales, City of Gosford

Residents 2

A.J. Styles, Tom Slingsby

← Category combines topics 2

Category:People from Gosford, Category:Births in Gosford

← Headquarters location 2

Central Coast Mariners FC, Central Coast Mariners FC W-League

Associated electoral district 1

Robertson

Capital of 1

City of Gosford

Category for people born here 1

Category:Births in Gosford

Category of associated people 1

Category:People from Gosford

Country 1

Australia

FactGrid item ID 1

Heinrich Karl Beyrich

Located in this place 1

Central Coast Stadium

Located in time zone 1

UTC+10:00

Named after 1

Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford

SNARC ID 1

1920

Shares border with 1

East Gosford

Topic's main category 1

Category:Gosford

Twinned administrative body 1

Nitra

← Capital 1

City of Gosford

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Gosford

← Destination point 1

Australian Rugby Championship

← FactGrid item ID 1

Dąbrówka Mała, Lubusz Voivodeship

← Shares border with 1

East Gosford

← Twinned administrative body 1

Nitra

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Gosford — country (P17): Australia. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Gosford — instance of (P31): suburb. Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Gosford — shares border with (P47): West Gosford. linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Gosford — shares border with (P47): East Gosford. linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Gosford — shares border with (P47): Point Frederick. linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Gosford — shares border with (P47): Narara. linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Gosford — shares border with (P47): North Gosford. linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Gosford — shares border with (P47): Springfield. linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Gosford — shares border with (P47): Wyoming. linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Gosford — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Central Coast. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Gosford — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Gosford. Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Gosford — named after (P138): Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Gosford — twinned administrative body (P190): Nitra. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Gosford — postal code (P281): 2250. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Gosford — local dialing code (P473): 0233. Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Gosford — inception (P571): 1823. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Gosford — official website (P856): http://www.gosford.nsw.gov.au/. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Gosford — population (P1082): 3499. censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Gosford — population (P1082): 4873. abs.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-06-28. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Gosford — capital of (P1376): City of Gosford. City of Gosford. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Gosford — official name (P1448): Gosford. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Gosford — female population (P1539): 1649. censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Gosford — male population (P1540): 1855. censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Gosford — native label (P1705): Gosford. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Gosford — different from (P1889): Gosford. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Gosford — elevation above sea level (P2044): 10 m. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Gosford — area (P2046): 940 km². wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Gosford — associated electoral district (P7938): Gosford. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Gosford — associated electoral district (P7938): Robertson. wikidata.org.

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