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Cardiff NSW 2285

4,324 addresses · 112 streets

Shortland Electorate › Lake Macquarie LGA › Cardiff · 111 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Cardiff is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 6,318 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,512 a week, with median rent near $375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

6,318Population
38Median age
$1,512Median household income / wk
$375Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cardiff itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Cardiff, 350 m east · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 9.4 km east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 13.9 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 14.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cardiff

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Cardiff NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202014.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202136.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 61%

Population by age in Cardiff
Population by age, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4396
5-14719
15-19339
20-24413
25-34968
35-44898
45-54749
55-64665
65-74601
75-84436
85+137
Dwelling types in Cardiff
Dwelling types, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House2,102
Townhouse279
Apartment158
Other7
Households by weekly income in Cardiff
Households by weekly income, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650458
$650-1,499742
$1,500-2,999827
$3,000+380
Top ancestries in Cardiff
Top ancestries, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian2,738
English2,588
Scottish721
Irish660
Other442
Aboriginal352
Housing tenure in Cardiff
Housing tenure, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned758
Mortgage927
Rented781
Other48
Cars per household in Cardiff
Cars per household, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0138
11,022
2923
3293
4+137
Commute to work in Cardiff
Commute to work, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,837
Train12
Bus28
Tram/ferry0
Walked29
Bicycle3
Home539
Top countries of birth in Cardiff
Top countries of birth, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England135
New Zealand69
India49
Philippines41
Germany35
Italy23
Languages used at home in Cardiff
Languages used at home, Cardiff NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Spanish24
Tagalog22
Arabic20
Hindi19
Vietnamese17
Thai16

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

60,529 bird observations recorded near Cardiff — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cardiff

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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