Bushells Ridge NSW 2259
30 addresses · 3 streets
Dobell Electorate › Central Coast LGA › Bushells Ridge · 78 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bushells Ridge is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 8 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Aboriginal, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Jilliby - Yarramalong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bushells Ridge itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 park
1 vet
1 library
1 post office
1 hardware store
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Wyee, 3.1 km north-east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 22.7 km north-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: 34.8% 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 | 34.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 83.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 25% · Labour-force participation 40%
Population by age in Bushells Ridge
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bushells Ridge
| House | 4 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bushells Ridge
| Other | 4 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Bushells Ridge
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bushells Ridge
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Languages used at home in Bushells Ridge
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,497 bird observations recorded near Bushells Ridge — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (740)
- Australian Magpie (514)
- Noisy Miner (423)
- Laughing Kookaburra (394)
- Australian Raven (309)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (281)
- Superb Fairy-wren (268)
- Masked Lapwing (262)
- Grey Fantail (261)
- Magpie-lark (257)
- Australian Wood Duck (246)
- Galah (241)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (235)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bushells Ridge
- Common Myna (221)
- Birds (207)
- Eastern Spinebill (207)
- Eastern Rosella (198)
- Pacific Black Duck (198)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (193)
- Welcome Swallow (191)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (179)
- Willie Wagtail (178)
- Crested Pigeon (172)
- Red-browed Finch (170)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (163)
- Eastern Australian Raven (163)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (162)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (158)
- Little Wattlebird (156)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (150)
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 Bushells Ridge:
- Kiar (1.9 km)
- Blue Haven (3.4 km)
- Wallarah (3.5 km)
- Wyee (3.6 km)
- Halloran (4.2 km)
- Woongarrah (4.5 km)
- Charmhaven (4.7 km)
- San Remo (5 km)
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Streets
- Bushells Ridge Road (10)
- L K Manley Drive (2)
- Tooheys Road (18)