Brooklyn NSW 2083

Living Here

Brooklyn is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 737 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,062 a week, with median rent near $470 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers work from home. 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.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Berowra - Brooklyn - Cowan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brooklyn itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Brooklyn Public School
  • Mooney Mooney Public School
• 7 cafés & restaurants

  • Homer's Kitchen
  • Brooklyn Corner
  • King Tide Cafe
  • Estuary
  • Estuary Kiosk
  • Mooney Mooney Club
  • Dangar Island Depot
• 6 parks

  • Brooklyn Park
  • Saltpan Reserve
  • McKell Park
  • Hornsby Shire Council Rest Park
  • Deerubbin Reserve
  • Peter D'Emden Reserve
• 2 beaches

  • Bradley's Beach
  • Gunyah Beach
• 1 pharmacy

  • Brooklyn Pharmacy
• 1 medical clinic

  • Brooklyn Community Health Centre
• 2 hospitals

  • Woy Woy Public Hospital
  • Brisbane Waters Private Hospital
• 1 childcare centre

  • Hawkesbury River Child Care
• 1 post office

  • #Brooklyn Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Brooklyn Central
• 3 places to stay

  • Brooklyn Motel
  • Patonga Foreshore Caravan & Camping Area
  • The Old School House

Getting around. Train station: Hawkesbury River, 1000 m east · Railway halt: Wondabyne, 7.3 km north-east · Ferry wharf: Brooklyn Wharf, 1.1 km east · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 10.9 km south-east.

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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: 91.2% 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 2.9% · Labour-force participation 64.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

12,834 bird observations recorded near Brooklyn — most often seen:

• White-cheeked Honeyeater (1,292)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (730)
• Australian Pelican (601)
• Noisy Miner (578)
• Australian Magpie (544)
• Pied Currawong (523)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (513)
• Laughing Kookaburra (489)
• Welcome Swallow (463)
• Australian Raven (454)
• Australian Brush-turkey (440)
• Eastern Spinebill (426)
• New Holland Honeyeater (417)

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 Brooklyn:

• Dangar Island (2.5 km)
• Mooney Mooney (3 km)
• Cogra Bay (3.1 km)
• Little Wobby (3.5 km)
• Cheero Point (4.6 km)
• Patonga (5 km)
• Milsons Passage (5 km)
• Cowan (6.1 km)

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