Dalgety NSW 2628
285 addresses · 28 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Dalgety · 364 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dalgety is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 252 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Jindabyne - Berridale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dalgety itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
Getting around. Airport: Jindabyne Airport, 22 km north-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: 9.9% 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 | 9.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 61.1%
Population by age in Dalgety
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 25 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 33 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 37 |
| 55-64 | 57 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Dalgety
| House | 96 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dalgety
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 38 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Dalgety
| English | 118 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 99 |
| Irish | 47 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in Dalgety
| Owned | 48 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 27 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dalgety
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 37 |
| 3 | 26 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Dalgety
| Car | 69 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 29 |
Top countries of birth in Dalgety
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
341 bird observations recorded near Dalgety — most often seen:
- Galah (27)
- House Sparrow (24)
- Eurasian Coot (20)
- Welcome Swallow (17)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Common Starling (14)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Australian Raven (12)
- Magpie-lark (12)
- Australian Reed Warbler (11)
- Australian Wood Duck (11)
- Pied Currawong (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dalgety
- Dusky Moorhen (10)
- Little Pied Cormorant (10)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (10)
- Superb Fairy-wren (10)
- European Goldfinch (9)
- Grey Fantail (9)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (8)
- Little Raven (8)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (8)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (7)
- Crimson Rosella (7)
- Eastern Australian Reed-warbler (7)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (7)
- Red-rumped Parrot (7)
- Southern Magpie-lark (7)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7)
- Australian Pipit (6)
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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Streets
- Bairds Crossing Road (14)
- Barnes Street (9)
- Beloka Lane (4)
- Blackburn Creek Road (4)
- Bloomfield Street (15)
- Bobundara Lane (1)
- Bradley Street (1)
- Brierly Street (18)
- Bulgundara Road (8)
- Campbell Street (13)
- Carawatha Road (2)
- Cooma Street (3)
- Dalgety Road (15)
- Eccleston Street (8)
- Hamilton Street (16)
- Hickeys Road (15)
- Ironmungie Road (11)
- Jimenbuen Road (15)
- Quarry Lane (3)
- Rangeview Road (4)
- Riverbend Drive (4)
- Rockwell Road (7)
- Rutherford Street (14)
- Taylors Lane (4)
- The Snowy River Way (36)
- Tranquility Lane (5)
- Werralong Road (34)
- Wyndeyer Street (2)
