Abermain NSW 2326
1,307 addresses · 51 streets
Paterson Electorate › Cessnock LGA › Abermain · 120 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Abermain is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,544 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,449 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kurri Kurri - Abermain statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Abermain itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 hospitals
1 library
2 post offices
2 golf clubs
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Lochinvar, 9.9 km north · Railway halt: Pelaw Main, 4.5 km south-east · Airport: Cessnock Airport, 9.3 km west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 64.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 64.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7% · Labour-force participation 59.7%
Population by age in Abermain
| 0-4 | 178 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 395 |
| 15-19 | 146 |
| 20-24 | 149 |
| 25-34 | 341 |
| 35-44 | 312 |
| 45-54 | 304 |
| 55-64 | 355 |
| 65-74 | 222 |
| 75-84 | 121 |
| 85+ | 24 |
Dwelling types in Abermain
| House | 850 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 38 |
| Apartment | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Abermain
| <$650 | 159 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 272 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 276 |
| $3,000+ | 125 |
Top ancestries in Abermain
| Australian | 1,271 |
|---|---|
| English | 1,153 |
| Aboriginal | 269 |
| Scottish | 262 |
| Irish | 203 |
| German | 115 |
Housing tenure in Abermain
| Owned | 314 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 383 |
| Rented | 170 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Abermain
| 0 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 270 |
| 2 | 319 |
| 3 | 152 |
| 4+ | 118 |
Commute to work in Abermain
| Car | 756 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 7 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 99 |
Top countries of birth in Abermain
| England | 28 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 17 |
| Scotland | 12 |
| South Africa | 8 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Wales | 6 |
Languages used at home in Abermain
| Mandarin | 5 |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | 4 |
| Spanish | 4 |
| Vietnamese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
12,609 bird observations recorded near Abermain — most often seen:
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (624)
- Regent Honeyeater (616)
- Australian Magpie (564)
- Eastern Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (554)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (519)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (481)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (464)
- Bell Miner (454)
- Australian Raven (449)
- Eastern Australian Raven (440)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (421)
- Superb Fairy-wren (419)
- White-naped Honeyeater (412)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Abermain
- Noisy Friarbird (411)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (403)
- Magpie-lark (398)
- Noisy Miner (391)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (380)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (377)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (374)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (373)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (372)
- Grey Fantail (367)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (363)
- Spotted Pardalote (345)
- Eastern Rosella (332)
- Little Lorikeet (329)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (327)
- Laughing Kookaburra (325)
- Mistletoebird (325)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Abermain:
- Weston (2.4 km)
- Neath (2.6 km)
- Sawyers Gully (2.9 km)
- Kurri Kurri (4.6 km)
- Loxford (4.8 km)
- Pelaw Main (5.2 km)
- Stanford Merthyr (6.1 km)
- Kearsley (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Abermain Street (32)
- Aird Lane (9)
- Albury Street (20)
- Armidale Street (86)
- Baileys Lane (20)
- Bathurst Street (31)
- Blanford Street (8)
- Brisbane Street (5)
- Bromage Road (1)
- Cessnock Road (109)
- Charles Street (70)
- Church Street (31)
- Coal Street (9)
- Cooma Street (29)
- Dubbo Street (25)
- Elizabeth Street (30)
- Forbes Street (8)
- Frame Drive (67)
- Freya Close (15)
- Gingers Lane (2)
- Goulburn Street (21)
- Grafton Street (25)
- Harle Street (106)
- Hay Street (16)
- Hebburn Road (2)
- John Street (30)
- Kemp Street (11)
- King Street (11)
- Lilly Place (31)
- Lismore Street (65)
- Lonsdale Place (11)
- Maitland Street (57)
- Mary Street (3)
- Melbourne Street (48)
- Montgomery Street (9)
- Nelson Street (24)
- Old School Hill Private Access (5)
- Old School Hill Private Access (1)
- Old School Hill Road (11)
- Orange Street (13)
- Queen Street (18)
- Ridley Street (10)
- Seaforth Street (9)
- Tamworth Street (116)
- Torrens Road (5)
- Townsend Street (2)
- Truscott Street (7)
- Vera Street (1)
- William Street (18)
- Woodbury Lane (10)
- York Street (4)
