Canyonleigh NSW 2577
307 addresses · 12 streets
Hume Electorate › Wingecarribee LGA › Canyonleigh · 122 km from Sydney
Living Here
Canyonleigh is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 455 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,016 a week, with median rent near $393 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Southern Highlands statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Canyonleigh itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 52.6% 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 | 52.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.3% · Labour-force participation 62.6%
Population by age in Canyonleigh
| 0-4 | 21 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 61 |
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 42 |
| 35-44 | 46 |
| 45-54 | 71 |
| 55-64 | 94 |
| 65-74 | 51 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Canyonleigh
| House | 151 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Canyonleigh
| <$650 | 24 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 43 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 45 |
| $3,000+ | 50 |
Top ancestries in Canyonleigh
| Australian | 203 |
|---|---|
| English | 186 |
| Scottish | 52 |
| Irish | 41 |
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| Other | 23 |
Housing tenure in Canyonleigh
| Owned | 61 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 67 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Canyonleigh
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 67 |
| 3 | 28 |
| 4+ | 32 |
Commute to work in Canyonleigh
| Car | 137 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 54 |
Top countries of birth in Canyonleigh
| England | 23 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 9 |
| Lebanon | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Canyonleigh
| Greek | 4 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
390 bird observations recorded near Canyonleigh — most often seen:
- Australian Wood Duck (26)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (22)
- Southern Noisy Miner (21)
- Laughing Kookaburra (19)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (19)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (17)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (15)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (15)
- Australian Magpie (14)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (14)
- Crimson Rosella (13)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (13)
- Noisy Miner (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Canyonleigh
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (12)
- Australian Raven (11)
- Pied Currawong (11)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (11)
- Australasian Grebe (10)
- Common Starling (10)
- Eastern Galah (10)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (10)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (10)
- Southern Magpie-lark (10)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (10)
- Eastern Australian Raven (9)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (9)
- Grey Butcherbird (9)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (9)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (9)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (9)
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 Canyonleigh:
- Belanglo (7.2 km)
- Paddys River (11.3 km)
- Medway (12.5 km)
- Joadja (13.2 km)
- Sutton Forest (13.6 km)
- Big Hill (13.6 km)
- Penrose (16.6 km)
- New Berrima (17.1 km)
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Streets
- Bangadilly Road (22)
- Brethren Point Road (1)
- Canyonleigh Road (85)
- Foxgrove Road (22)
- Hawkshill Road (10)
- Inverary Road (1)
- Megalong Lane (3)
- Nandi Road (11)
- Old Coowong Road (15)
- Spring Ridge Trail (1)
- Tugalong Road (127)
- Wattle Flats Road (9)
