Capertee NSW 2846
172 addresses · 19 streets
Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Capertee · 139 km from Sydney
Living Here
Capertee is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 130 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $833 a week, with median rent near $195 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lithgow Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Capertee itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 service station
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Bathurst Airport, 43.8 km south-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: 63.5% 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 | 63.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 78.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 46.1%
Population by age in Capertee
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 27 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Capertee
| House | 55 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Capertee
| <$650 | 16 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Capertee
| Australian | 54 |
|---|---|
| English | 44 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Aboriginal | 12 |
| German | 11 |
Housing tenure in Capertee
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Capertee
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Capertee
| Car | 38 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Capertee
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,559 bird observations recorded near Capertee — most often seen:
- Noisy Friarbird (263)
- Australian Magpie (248)
- Superb Fairy-wren (236)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (236)
- Australian Raven (230)
- Laughing Kookaburra (198)
- Willie Wagtail (181)
- Rufous Whistler (177)
- Pied Currawong (175)
- Crimson Rosella (165)
- Spotted Pardalote (162)
- Red Wattlebird (161)
- White-throated Treecreeper (151)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Capertee
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (148)
- White-winged Chough (145)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (141)
- Grey Fantail (136)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (134)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (134)
- Eastern Rosella (123)
- Australian King-parrot (121)
- White-naped Honeyeater (111)
- Welcome Swallow (110)
- Jacky Winter (103)
- Eastern Spinebill (99)
- Striated Thornbill (97)
- Striated Pardalote (96)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (93)
- Galah (93)
- Magpie-lark (92)
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 Capertee:
- Round Swamp (8 km)
- Ben Bullen (9.7 km)
- Palmers Oaky (13 km)
- Running Stream (14.9 km)
- Brogans Creek (17.7 km)
- Glen Alice (17.8 km)
- Cullen Bullen (17.9 km)
- Wolgan Valley (19.4 km)
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Streets
- Airly Street (5)
- Bandamora Street (1)
- Castlereagh Highway (71)
- Eagle Hawk Road (8)
- Glen Davis Road (24)
- Goulburn Street (3)
- Grange Street (1)
- Hearne Street (3)
- Lochaber Road (8)
- Mudgee Road (6)
- Pinegrove Road (12)
- Railway Street (2)
- Russells Road (4)
- Short Street (4)
- Tim Dickson Close (3)
- Turon Gates Road (7)
- Turon Gully Road (1)
- Upper Turon Road (5)
- Vincent Street (4)
