Clarence Town NSW 2321
1,349 addresses · 59 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Clarence Town · 152 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Clarence Town is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,265 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,934 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Clarence Town itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 post office
1 hardware store
1 hairdresser
1 beauty salon
Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Williamtown, 23.5 km south.
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: 58.4% 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 | 58.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 62.6%
Population by age in Clarence Town
| 0-4 | 154 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 323 |
| 15-19 | 119 |
| 20-24 | 83 |
| 25-34 | 279 |
| 35-44 | 295 |
| 45-54 | 306 |
| 55-64 | 335 |
| 65-74 | 254 |
| 75-84 | 95 |
| 85+ | 17 |
Dwelling types in Clarence Town
| House | 769 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 6 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 14 |
Households by weekly income in Clarence Town
| <$650 | 89 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 185 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 264 |
| $3,000+ | 175 |
Top ancestries in Clarence Town
| Australian | 1,174 |
|---|---|
| English | 994 |
| Scottish | 288 |
| Irish | 230 |
| Aboriginal | 157 |
| German | 97 |
Housing tenure in Clarence Town
| Owned | 274 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 421 |
| Rented | 73 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Clarence Town
| 0 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 157 |
| 2 | 348 |
| 3 | 148 |
| 4+ | 119 |
Commute to work in Clarence Town
| Car | 684 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 206 |
Top countries of birth in Clarence Town
| England | 57 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 14 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Scotland | 6 |
| United States | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 |
Languages used at home in Clarence Town
| Samoan | 7 |
|---|---|
| French | 4 |
| Arabic | 3 |
| Tagalog | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,025 bird observations recorded near Clarence Town — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (326)
- Australian Wood Duck (293)
- Pacific Black Duck (273)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (264)
- Laughing Kookaburra (263)
- Magpie-lark (235)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (223)
- Superb Fairy-wren (215)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (214)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (210)
- Eastern Rosella (202)
- Noisy Miner (202)
- Dusky Moorhen (199)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Clarence Town
- Willie Wagtail (199)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (194)
- Cattle Egret (193)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (190)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (189)
- Pied Butcherbird (188)
- Australian Raven (180)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (170)
- Southern Magpie-lark (169)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (168)
- Masked Lapwing (163)
- Grey Butcherbird (155)
- Brown Thornbill (152)
- Noisy Friarbird (151)
- Welcome Swallow (150)
- White-faced Heron (149)
- Eurasian Coot (146)
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 Clarence Town:
- East Seaham (6.4 km)
- Glen Oak (7.2 km)
- Glen Martin (7.5 km)
- Glen William (7.8 km)
- Brookfield (8.1 km)
- Balickera (9.5 km)
- Twelve Mile Creek (10.5 km)
- Limeburners Creek (10.9 km)
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Streets
- Angela Close (20)
- Bibb Place (10)
- Boatfalls Drive (36)
- Brentwood Drive (20)
- Cedar Getters Close (5)
- Cedar Getters Road (5)
- Cemetery Road (6)
- Ceres Close (7)
- Clarence Town Road (23)
- Deptford Close (7)
- Duke Street (30)
- Durham Street (75)
- Earl Street (10)
- East Seaham Road (35)
- Ebsworth Road (11)
- Erringhi Street (15)
- Ferrier Street (7)
- Fords Road (31)
- Fotheringay Road (46)
- Gaggin Street (47)
- Glen Martin Road (22)
- Glen William Road (33)
- Grandview Close (11)
- Grey Street (88)
- Gum Tree Close (8)
- Hart Street (7)
- Ironbark Drive (10)
- Jinker Circuit (14)
- King Street (28)
- Kooyong Close (1)
- Kooyong Place (3)
- Lilly Pilly Close (6)
- Limeburners Creek Road (70)
- Lowe Street (48)
- Maitland Street (6)
- Marshall Street (67)
- Marshall Terrace (1)
- Meadows Drive (13)
- O'loughlin Street (22)
- Oxbow Place (14)
- Paperbark Drive (17)
- Parsons Road (8)
- Prince Street (65)
- Purcell Place (13)
- Queen Street (72)
- Redgum Drive (18)
- Rifle Street (67)
- Riverview Close (6)
- Royseton Avenue (8)
- Russell Street (29)
- Sheriff Street (42)
- Waterview Road (21)
- Wetzler Close (8)
- Wetzler Way (7)
- Williams River Close (17)
- Woerdens Road (23)
- Woerdens Road S (4)
- Woerdens South Road (2)
- Yoke Way (4)
