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Kincumber is a south-eastern suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, nestle between the Kincumba Mountain Reserve and the Kincumber Broadwater and located 91 kilometres (57 mi) north of Sydney via the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway (F3). It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area.

A nature reserve, Kincumba Mountain, is located within the suburb and is often used by the community for various functions, including picnicking, bush-walking, orienteering, parties, and carnivals.

Kincumber is also a skateboarding hub of the Central Coast. It has two skate facilities, one in Frost Reserve and the other in South Kincumber recreation area.

History

The name stems from the local Aboriginal name of "Kincumba" meaning "towards the rising sun" or "to tomorrow". A large open flat rock area at the highest plateau of Kincumba Mountain, which commands panoramic views of the region, was used by Kuringgai people as a meeting place and camp. Being the highest open position in the region, it was first to receive the morning sun as it broke over the eastern horizon Tasman Sea/Pacific Ocean, and so this area was also referred to as "towards tomorrow". Signs of habitation in the Kincumber area include axe-grinding grooves and rock engravings on Kincumba Mountain. Due to the freshwater creek, water access from Brisbane Water and the Hawkesbury River, and an abundance of old rainforest timber in the surrounding valley hills, Kincumber was one of the earliest settlements on the Central Coast, supplying wood for the needs of the growing colony at Sydney in the early 19th century. This is best shown by a small periodical called Literary Kincumber, which ran during the late 1880s. It contained stories as well as memoirs of the pioneering days of the region. The publication was distributed from a store in the northern end of the town, and while largely forgotten today, was at the time considered relatively popular, if at times controversial.

Boat-building became an early local secondary industry after timber-getting, to meet the primary necessity of water transport. Boat-building along Kincumber Creek in Kincumber continued until the early 21st century.

Kincumber Was once home to a Monazite processing plant that processed mineral sands that were mined in the local area, The plant was operated on the edge of Kincumber industrial estate, and backed on to Kincumber creek, the site "lot500" now abandoned still retains higher than average levels of radiation and has been deemed unsafe for development. There was no shopping centre in the town until former world tennis player John Newcombe funded one in the late 1980s.

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 7,093 people in Kincumber.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.
• 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 6.5% and New Zealand 1.4%.
• 92.5% of people spoke only English at home.
• The most common responses for religion were No Religion 26.1%, Catholic 25.2% and Anglican 24.1%.^[1]

Facilities

Kincumber has a high school, primary school, shopping centre, Postal Office with surf shop, library, and hotel and fast food outlets.

As of December 7 2019, Kincumber's culinary offerings expanded with the establishment of Phat Chicken, a premier restaurant that sells charcoal chicken and various foods to Kincumberians. In addition to this, Kincumber also has a Thai restaurant, Chinese restaurant (x 2) and a seafood shop. All these have made Kincumber a hot player in the expanding Central Coast food scene.