Barden Ridge NSW 2234

Living Here

Barden Ridge is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,129 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $3,134 a week, with median rent near $685 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barden Ridge itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 28 schools

  • Shire Christian School
  • Lucas Heights Community School
  • Aquinas Catholic College
  • Holy Family Catholic Primary School
  • Marton Public School
  • Menai Public School
  • Bangor Primary School
  • Inaburra School
  • Woronora River Public School
  • Engadine West Public School

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• 7 cafés & restaurants

  • Pizza Hut
  • 6 Shooter Cafe
  • Mie Thai Menai
  • Kingswood Garden Chinese Restaurant
  • Pharaoh's Lounge Menai
  • The Urban on Lantana
  • The Boatshed at Woronora
• 3 supermarkets

  • IGA Woronora Heights
  • ALDI
  • Woolworths
• 18 parks

  • Australia Road Reserve
  • Len Waters Park
  • Mathers Place Reserve
  • Konrads Place Reserve
  • Woronora Heights Oval
  • The Woods Circuit Reserve
  • Power Place Reserve
  • Parc Menai
  • Albatross Circuit Reserve
  • Holmlea Place Reserve

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• 10 Catholic churches

  • Holy Family Catholic Church
  • St John Bosco Parish
  • St John Bosco Catholic Church
  • St Patricks Church Sutherland
  • St Joseph's Como-Oyster Bay
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
  • St Christophers Catholic Church
  • Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
  • St. Joseph's Church
  • Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church
• 2 doctors & medical clinics

  • Allison Crescent Medical Centre
  • Podiatry @ Bangor
• 17 hospitals

  • President Private Hospital
  • Holsworthy Health Centre
  • Ramsay Surgical Centre Miranda
  • Sutherland Hospital
  • Sutherland Heart Clinic
  • Hurstville Private Hospital
  • Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
  • Waratah Private Hospital
  • Kingsgrove Day Hospital
  • Wesley Hospital Kogarah

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• 2 vets

  • Jannali Veterinary Clinic
  • Como Veterinary Clinic
• 1 childcare centre

  • Rise and Shine Kindergarten
• 6 libraries

  • Menai Library
  • Engadine Library
  • Loftus TAFE Library
  • Toy Library
  • Sutherland Library
  • Kirrawee Library+
• 3 post offices

  • Menai Central Post Office
  • Bangor Post Office
  • Engadine Post Office
• 4 service stations

  • Ampol
  • 7-Eleven
  • EG Australia
  • BP
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • The Ridge Athletics Track
  • inLIFE wellness
  • Engadine Leisure Centre
  • Sydney Survivors
• 4 golf clubs

  • The Ridge Golf Course & Driving Range
  • Kareela Golf Course
  • Hurstville Golf Course
  • Sylvania Par 3 Golf and Soccer
• 1 playground

  • Unaipon Street Playground
• 2 dog parks

  • The Ridge Dog Off Leash Bush Park
  • Kirrawee Dog Exercise Area
• 2 hardware stores

  • Midcoast Timber Centres
  • Mitre 10
• 1 plumber

  • Sherlock Drains
• 2 carpenters

  • Southern Stairs
  • The Cubby House
• 1 place to stay

  • Engadine Motor Inn

Getting around. Train station: Engadine, 4 km south · Tram stop: TAFE Crossing, 4.2 km east · Railway halt: Royal National Park, 5.5 km south-east · Airport: Bankstown Airport, 12 km north.

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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: 49.1% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 70.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

47,231 bird observations recorded near Barden Ridge — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (4,555)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3,961)
• Noisy Miner (3,902)
• Australian Raven (3,186)
• Australian Magpie (2,715)
• Laughing Kookaburra (2,252)
• Welcome Swallow (1,911)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,623)
• Pied Currawong (1,593)
• Grey Butcherbird (1,527)
• Silvereye (1,486)
• Red Wattlebird (1,429)
• Masked Lapwing (1,357)

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 Barden Ridge:

• Woronora Heights (1.7 km)
• Menai (2.2 km)
• Bangor (2.7 km)
• Engadine (3 km)
• Yarrawarrah (3.2 km)
• Lucas Heights (3.2 km)
• Woronora (3.2 km)
• Loftus (3.7 km)

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