Bendolba NSW 2420

Living Here

Bendolba is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 253 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $325 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 35% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bendolba itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Dungog High School
  • St Joseph's Catholic School
  • Dungog Public School
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Mary's
• 1 hospital

  • Dungog Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Dungog Veterinary Hospital
• 1 library

  • Dungog Library
• 1 post office

  • Dungog Post Office

Getting around. Train station: Dungog, 3.8 km south-east · Airport: Maitland Airport, 43.1 km south-west.

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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: 8.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 59.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,981 bird observations recorded near Bendolba — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (151)
• Laughing Kookaburra (121)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (91)
• Galah (88)
• Australian Raven (82)
• Australian Wood Duck (78)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (75)
• Welcome Swallow (73)
• Noisy Miner (71)
• Torresian Crow (69)
• Superb Fairy-wren (68)
• Magpie-lark (67)
• Eastern Rosella (64)

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 Bendolba:

• Sugarloaf (3.3 km)
• Fosterton (3.6 km)
• Dungog (3.7 km)
• Tabbil Creek (5.5 km)
• Stroud Hill (6.7 km)
• Alison (7.4 km)
• Hanleys Creek (7.8 km)
• Main Creek (8.1 km)

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