About Old Bar
Old Bar is a suburb of North Coast, New South
Wales and is about 247 kms north-northeast of
NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the 2011 Australian
census the population of Old Bar was 4,272 when
there were 2,252 Females and 2,020 Males living
there. The median age for people living in Old Bar
was 45.
Old Bar is a coastal town in New South Wales,
Australia in Mid-Coast Council. It lies around 16
kilometres (10 mi) east of Taree on the Mid North
Coast. Old Bar is at the mouth of the Manning
River. The Manning River is a "delta" river, having
more than one outlet to the ocean; one at Old
Bar, and one at Harrington, 14 kilometres (9 mi) to
the north.