Brunkerville NSW 2323
91 addresses · 5 streets
Hunter Electorate › Cessnock LGA › Brunkerville · 105 km from Sydney
Living Here
Brunkerville is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 216 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cessnock Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brunkerville itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Awaba, 9.3 km south-east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 20.6 km south-east.
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: 75.6% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 75.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 84.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 59.8%
Population by age in Brunkerville
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 37 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 51 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Brunkerville
| House | 71 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Brunkerville
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Brunkerville
| English | 94 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 77 |
| Scottish | 45 |
| Irish | 42 |
| Other | 11 |
| German | 8 |
Housing tenure in Brunkerville
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 28 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Brunkerville
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 22 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Brunkerville
| Car | 61 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Brunkerville
| New Zealand | 7 |
|---|---|
| Scotland | 7 |
| United States | 4 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,125 bird observations recorded near Brunkerville — most often seen:
- Wonga Pigeon (208)
- Eastern Rosella (198)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (195)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (175)
- Galah (172)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (162)
- Grey Fantail (162)
- Pied Currawong (162)
- White-throated Treecreeper (157)
- Laughing Kookaburra (155)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (152)
- Superb Lyrebird (149)
- Eastern Whipbird (138)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Brunkerville
- Bell Miner (134)
- Australian Wood Duck (131)
- Australian Magpie (125)
- Eastern Spinebill (124)
- Dusky Moorhen (121)
- Satin Bowerbird (121)
- Australian Brush-turkey (120)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (113)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (113)
- Spotted Pardalote (109)
- Brown Thornbill (108)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (106)
- Australian King-parrot (105)
- Black-faced Monarch (105)
- Pacific Black Duck (103)
- Brown Gerygone (101)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (101)
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 Brunkerville:
- Mount Vincent (2.2 km)
- Freemans Waterhole (4.7 km)
- Mulbring (5.6 km)
- Ryhope (6.3 km)
- Wakefield (7.7 km)
- Killingworth (7.7 km)
- Quorrobolong (8.4 km)
- Richmond Vale (9.2 km)
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Streets
- Edward Street (6)
- Gills Lane (27)
- Leggetts Drive (33)
- Leiberts Lane (22)
- Q10 Lane (3)
