Copacabana is a suburb of Central Coast, New
South Wales and is about 47 kms north-
northeast of NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the
2011 Australian census the population of
Copacabana was 2,690 when there were 1,348
Females and 1,342 Males living there. The
median age for people living in Copacabana
was 36.
Copacabana is a suburb located on the Central
Coast of New South Wales, Australia, as part of
the City of Gosford local government area.
Copacabana (so named by real estate
developers Willmore and Randell, in the mid
twentieth century) is situated at the northern
end of Macmasters Beach, the two beaches
divided by Cochrone Lagoon. The northern
headland of Copacabana beach is Tudibaring
Point, purported to mean 'place where the
waves pound like a beating heart' in the local
indigenous language.
The bay itself is Allagai, which means "nest of
snakes" in the same language.