Morisset growth corridor

What it is

The Greater Morisset area (Cooranbong, Morisset and Wyee) is an officially recognised Regionally Significant Growth Area at Lake Macquarie’s southern end, positioned between the lake and the M1 and closer to the Central Coast’s hospitals than to Newcastle’s. Council forecasts cited in its June 2026 business papers have Lake Macquarie growing from about 227,000 people in 2026 to more than 270,000 by 2046, with a substantial proportion of that growth landing in this corridor.

Entries

• 15 Jun 2026Two corridor decisions at one council meeting: the draft Morisset Place Strategy (a 20-year housing, jobs, transport and infrastructure framework) is endorsed for 28-day public exhibition (item 26SP029), and a Notice of Motion seeking a Morisset health facility is carried (item 26NM009). Our story on the health push.
• Apr 2024Hunter New England Local Health District briefs councillors on a potential “HealthOne” integrated health facility for the area (referenced in the June 2026 motion).
• 2016-2021Morisset-Mandalong’s population grows from 3,647 to about 4,500 between Censuses; projections cited in the Place Strategy papers have it exceeding 11,000 by 2046, within a Greater Morisset area exceeding 50,000.

What we don’t know yet

What the exhibition does to the draft Place Strategy; whether the health district commits to a Morisset HealthOne (as of July 2026 there is a request for an update, not a commitment); and how transport fits the same growth. Each lands here as it happens.

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