Speers Point is a suburb of Greater Newcastle, and the location of the council seat of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area in New South Wales, Australia.

[8] Before European settlement, the Awabakal people of Lake Macquarie had inhabited the area and called it Biddaba or Milloba.

The title deeds covered the area east of Cockle Creek, Boolaroo and the place now known as Speers Point.

Brooks developed his claim and opened the Lochend Colliery in 1843, which mined coal from the bottom of the hills around Speers Point.

Further subdivisions occurred and industry began to open up, and Speers Point Park was transferred to the Lake Macquarie council in 1910.

[10] The first winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in 1945, a cutter called Rani was built by the Steel brothers of Lake Macquarie.

[10][11][12] The post office closed in 1976 and the 1989 Newcastle earthquake brought substantial damage to the town, especially to the Boolaroo-Speers Point RSL club and its youth section.

[15] The boundaries of Speers Point are generally Cockle Creek to the west, Seventh Street to the north, Fairfax Road to the east and Lake Macquarie to the south.

[17] Speers Point features a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with very warm, rainy summers and mild, drier winters with cool nights.

[22] This organisation was founded on Lake Macquarie in the early 1900s and is currently situated at Speers Point Park.

The school was founded in 1957 and currently features an outdoor playground, undercover areas, sports facilities, computer labs and resources.

[15] The most popular religious affiliations in descending order in the 2006 census were Anglican, Roman Catholic, no religion and Uniting.

At the 2001 census, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that 74.96% of Speers Point's residents were drivers or passengers of cars in their commute to work,[30] a figure significantly higher than the regional average of 71.87%.

[10] At federal level, Speers Point is within the Division of Charlton, a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party.

[38] The Speers Point booth was won comfortably at the 2007 federal election by the Labor Party, with a two-party preferred vote of 60.97%.

Normally a safe Labor seat,[40] it was won at the 2007 election by Independent Greg Piper, the former mayor of the Lake Macquarie City Council.