Blaxlands Ridge NSW 2758

Living Here

Blaxlands Ridge is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 589 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,764 a week, with median rent near $470 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Kurrajong Heights - Ebenezer statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Blaxlands Ridge itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Kurrajong East Public School
  • Glossodia Public School
• 2 hospitals

  • St John Of God Hospital
  • Hawkesbury District Health Service
• 1 golf club

  • Kurrajong Hills Golf Course
• 1 place to stay

  • Kurrajong Horse Trails & Cottages

Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Richmond, 12.3 km south.

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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: 92% 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 2.8% · Labour-force participation 68.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,876 bird observations recorded near Blaxlands Ridge — most often seen:

• Laughing Kookaburra (142)
• Common Bronzewing (136)
• Superb Fairy-wren (127)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (123)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (111)
• South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (108)
• Coastal Spotted Pardalote (104)
• Double-barred Finch (104)
• Northern Superb Fairy-wren (102)
• Eastern Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (101)
• South-east Eastern Spinebill (98)
• White-naped Honeyeater (97)
• Australian Magpie (96)

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 Blaxlands Ridge:

• East Kurrajong (2.3 km)
• Glossodia (4.6 km)
• Tennyson (5.5 km)
• Wheeny Creek (5.5 km)
• The Slopes (7.5 km)
• Freemans Reach (8 km)
• Central Colo (8 km)
• Colo (8.8 km)

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