Waratah West is a suburb of Newcastle, New South
Wales, Australia, located 8 kilometres (5 mi) from
Newcastle's central business district. Waratah West
is part of the City of Newcastle local government
area.
Waratah West is about 117 kms north-northeast of
NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the 2011 Australian
census the population of Waratah West was 2,676
when there were 1,370 Females and 1,306 Males
living there. The median age for people living in
Waratah West was 35