Dangar Island NSW 2083

Living Here

Dangar Island is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 313 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,857 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Berowra - Brooklyn - Cowan statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dangar Island itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Brooklyn Public School
  • Mooney Mooney Public School
• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • Dangar Island Depot
  • King Tide Cafe
  • Brooklyn Corner
  • Homer's Kitchen
• 3 parks

  • McKell Park
  • Brooklyn Park
  • Saltpan Reserve
• 4 beaches

  • Bradley's Beach
  • Patonga Beach
  • Little Patonga Beach
  • Gunyah Beach
• 1 pharmacy

  • Brooklyn Pharmacy
• 1 medical clinic

  • Brooklyn Community Health Centre
• 3 hospitals

  • Woy Woy Public Hospital
  • Brisbane Waters Private Hospital
  • Think Well Hypnotherapy
• 1 childcare centre

  • Hawkesbury River Child Care
• 1 post office

  • #Brooklyn Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Brooklyn Central
• 1 gym

  • Broken Bay Sport and Recreation Centre
• 2 golf clubs

  • Everglades Golf Club
  • Palm Beach Golf Course
• 3 places to stay

  • Brooklyn Motel
  • Patonga Foreshore Caravan & Camping Area
  • The Old School House

Getting around. Train station: Hawkesbury River, 1.5 km south-west · Railway halt: Wondabyne, 5.4 km north · Ferry wharf: Dangar Island Wharf, 300 m north-east · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 9.4 km south-east.

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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: 76.2% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 56.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

15,259 bird observations recorded near Dangar Island — most often seen:

• White-cheeked Honeyeater (2,815)
• New Holland Honeyeater (1,618)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (1,394)
• Eastern Spinebill (1,037)
• Australian Pelican (563)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (444)
• Silver Gull (436)
• Australian Brush-turkey (423)
• Noisy Miner (408)
• White-eared Honeyeater (405)
• Australian Magpie (380)
• South-eastern Little Wattlebird (344)
• Laughing Kookaburra (332)

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 Dangar Island:

• Little Wobby (1.4 km)
• Brooklyn (2.5 km)
• Cogra Bay (2.5 km)
• Patonga (3.1 km)
• Mooney Mooney (3.8 km)
• Wondabyne (4.4 km)
• Cheero Point (5.3 km)
• Pearl Beach (6.1 km)

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