 The suburb contains two schools, Kotara High School, established in 1968 and containing 3 hectares of native bushland, and also established in 1968 Belair Public School.The suburb is served by Westfield Kotara shopping centre, formerly Garden City Kotara, and originally Kotara Fair, on its northern border.Adamstown Heights is located on several bus routes and is near two railway stations on the Central Coast & Newcastle Line, Kotara and Adamstown.