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Bar Beach NSW 2300

807 addresses · 12 streets

Newcastle Electorate › Newcastle LGA › Bar Beach · 116 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Bar Beach is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,292 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,300 a week, with median rent near $393 a week. Most homes are houses. About 57% of households own their home and 42% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,292Population
41Median age
$2,300Median household income / wk
$393Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Newcastle - Cooks Hill statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bar Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Newcastle Interchange, 1.7 km north-west · Light rail stop: Civic, 1.2 km north · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 1.8 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Muloobinba / Queens Wharf, 1.7 km north-east · Airport: Newcastle Airport, 16 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 3.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bar Beach

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Bar Beach NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20203.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20216.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 67%

Population by age in Bar Beach
Population by age, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-444
5-14116
15-1981
20-24124
25-34189
35-44141
45-54205
55-64195
65-74122
75-8462
85+15
Dwelling types in Bar Beach
Dwelling types, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House210
Townhouse108
Apartment199
Other0
Households by weekly income in Bar Beach
Households by weekly income, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65085
$650-1,49980
$1,500-2,999115
$3,000+187
Top ancestries in Bar Beach
Top ancestries, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English601
Australian456
Irish221
Scottish182
Other81
German66
Housing tenure in Bar Beach
Housing tenure, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned169
Mortgage124
Rented214
Other3
Cars per household in Bar Beach
Cars per household, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
054
1162
2195
362
4+35
Commute to work in Bar Beach
Commute to work, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car374
Train0
Bus4
Tram/ferry4
Walked28
Bicycle19
Home195
Top countries of birth in Bar Beach
Top countries of birth, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England48
New Zealand22
South Africa12
India9
Italy7
United States7
Languages used at home in Bar Beach
Languages used at home, Bar Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Italian10
Serbian7
Vietnamese7
Greek5
Punjabi4
Urdu4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

42,562 bird observations recorded near Bar Beach — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bar Beach

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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