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Cooks Hill NSW 2300

2,873 addresses · 24 streets

Newcastle Electorate › Newcastle LGA › Cooks Hill · 116 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Cooks Hill is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,774 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,881 a week, with median rent near $430 a week. Most homes are townhouses. About 43% of households own their home and 56% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

3,774Population
35Median age
$1,881Median household income / wk
$430Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Newcastle - Cooks Hill statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cooks Hill itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Newcastle Interchange, 1.3 km north-west · Light rail stop: Honeysuckle, 750 m north · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 1.3 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Muloobinba / Queens Wharf, 1.4 km north-east · Airport: Newcastle Airport, 15.6 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cooks Hill

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

Tree cover measures, Cooks Hill NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20213.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 68.6%

Population by age in Cooks Hill
Population by age, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4150
5-14276
15-19152
20-24462
25-34814
35-44460
45-54459
55-64434
65-74369
75-84155
85+45
Dwelling types in Cooks Hill
Dwelling types, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House299
Townhouse879
Apartment532
Other0
Households by weekly income in Cooks Hill
Households by weekly income, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650313
$650-1,499340
$1,500-2,999510
$3,000+440
Top ancestries in Cooks Hill
Top ancestries, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English1,718
Australian1,331
Irish636
Scottish524
Other333
German177
Housing tenure in Cooks Hill
Housing tenure, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned382
Mortgage343
Rented946
Other18
Cars per household in Cooks Hill
Cars per household, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0239
1771
2514
3128
4+44
Commute to work in Cooks Hill
Commute to work, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car939
Train0
Bus23
Tram/ferry0
Walked170
Bicycle41
Home628
Top countries of birth in Cooks Hill
Top countries of birth, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England120
New Zealand48
United States48
Germany27
Philippines26
Canada25
Languages used at home in Cooks Hill
Languages used at home, Cooks Hill NSW (ABS Census 2021)
German29
Spanish24
Italian17
French14
Tagalog13
Mandarin12

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

45,133 bird observations recorded near Cooks Hill — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cooks Hill

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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