Butterwick NSW 2321
100 addresses · 6 streets
Lyne Electorate › Port Stephens LGA › Butterwick · 141 km from Sydney
Living Here
Butterwick is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 190 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $2,666 a week, with median rent near $650 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Seaham - Woodville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Butterwick itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
2 hospitals
1 post office
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Paterson, 5.9 km north-west · Railway halt: Mindaribba, 5.4 km west · Airport: Maitland Airport, 14.7 km west.
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: 48.1% 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 | 48.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 56.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Butterwick
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 30 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 26 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Butterwick
| House | 59 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Butterwick
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 23 |
Top ancestries in Butterwick
| Australian | 100 |
|---|---|
| English | 89 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Dutch | 15 |
| German | 8 |
Housing tenure in Butterwick
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Butterwick
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Butterwick
| Car | 56 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in Butterwick
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
25,882 bird observations recorded near Butterwick — most often seen:
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,739)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (1,647)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (1,595)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (1,083)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (1,075)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (1,020)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (938)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (934)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (934)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (907)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (859)
- East Coast Yellow Thornbill (839)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (818)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Butterwick
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (792)
- Eastern Australian Raven (783)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (779)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (775)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (765)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (762)
- South-eastern Striated Thornbill (747)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (736)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (699)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (690)
- Eastern Jacky Winter (590)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (590)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (582)
- Southern Magpie-lark (579)
- South-eastern Silvereye (577)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (529)
- White-naped Honeyeater (519)
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 Butterwick:
- Woodville (2.5 km)
- Duns Creek (3.4 km)
- Wallalong (4.6 km)
- Mindaribba (5.2 km)
- Tocal (5.3 km)
- Largs (6.4 km)
- Paterson (6.5 km)
- Phoenix Park (6.9 km)
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Streets
- Butterwick Road (51)
- Clifden Lane (8)
- Duns Creek Road (4)
- Green Wattle Creek Road (23)
- Jack James Close (7)
- Whybin Lane (7)
