Alison NSW 2420
83 addresses · 7 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Alison · 168 km from Sydney
Living Here
Alison is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 99 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
Getting around. Train station: Dungog, 3.7 km north · Railway halt: Wirragulla, 4.3 km south-west · Airport: Maitland Airport, 39.6 km south-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: 12.2% 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 | 12.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 26.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8% · Labour-force participation 58.1%
Population by age in Alison
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 23 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Alison
| House | 41 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Alison
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Alison
| Australian | 48 |
|---|---|
| English | 34 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| German | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
Housing tenure in Alison
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Alison
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Alison
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Alison
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,956 bird observations recorded near Alison — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (180)
- Laughing Kookaburra (122)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (97)
- Australian Wood Duck (88)
- Australian Raven (79)
- Magpie-lark (76)
- Eastern Rosella (73)
- Noisy Miner (73)
- Welcome Swallow (72)
- Masked Lapwing (71)
- Pacific Black Duck (66)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (63)
- House Sparrow (60)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Alison
- Common Myna (59)
- Torresian Crow (57)
- Galah (54)
- Australian King-parrot (52)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (52)
- Crested Pigeon (52)
- Little Corella (52)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (51)
- Straw-necked Ibis (50)
- Pied Butcherbird (49)
- White-headed Pigeon (49)
- Superb Fairy-wren (48)
- Willie Wagtail (48)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (43)
- White-faced Heron (43)
- Red Wattlebird (39)
- Grey Teal (38)
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 Alison:
- Marshdale (2 km)
- Dungog (3.7 km)
- Wirragulla (3.8 km)
- Tabbil Creek (4.3 km)
- Flat Tops (4.5 km)
- Stroud Hill (7.2 km)
- Bendolba (7.4 km)
- Cambra (7.7 km)
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Streets
- Alison Road (42)
- Alison School Road (3)
- Church Road (6)
- Marshdale Road (14)
- Monkerai Road (1)
- Pine Brush Road (7)
- Stroud Hill Road (10)
