Cardiff

is a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia. Cardiff is an irregularly shaped suburb that is home to around 5000 people. It contains 2 government primary schools, a Catholic primary school and a government high school. Like most major suburbs in Lake Macquarie, it has its own commercial centre with a post office, pub (hotel), real estate agencies, take-away shops, a video store, hairdressers and a supermarket. The local police station no longer provides counter services, having been converted into a centre for Highway Patrol officers in around 1998.