Dargan NSW 2786
80 addresses · 3 streets
Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Dargan · 97 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dargan is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 83 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $1,160 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% 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 Lithgow Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dargan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
2 hospitals
1 plumber
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Bell, 2.5 km south-east · Airport: RAAF Base Richmond, 50.6 km east.
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: 73.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 73.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 91.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Dargan
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 27 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dargan
| House | 48 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dargan
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Dargan
| English | 40 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 24 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Other | 10 |
| German | 8 |
Housing tenure in Dargan
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dargan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Dargan
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Dargan
| England | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,719 bird observations recorded near Dargan — most often seen:
- White-throated Treecreeper (114)
- Crimson Rosella (99)
- Pied Currawong (88)
- Eastern Spinebill (86)
- New Holland Honeyeater (86)
- White-eared Honeyeater (82)
- Brown Thornbill (72)
- Grey Fantail (72)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (72)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (70)
- Superb Fairy-wren (63)
- Australian Raven (61)
- White-browed Scrubwren (61)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dargan
- Rufous Whistler (56)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (56)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (55)
- Laughing Kookaburra (54)
- Red Wattlebird (50)
- Spotted Pardalote (49)
- Striated Thornbill (48)
- Australian Magpie (41)
- Scarlet Robin (40)
- Superb Lyrebird (39)
- Red-browed Finch (32)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (31)
- Grey Currawong (31)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (29)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (28)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (27)
- Satin Bowerbird (27)
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 Dargan:
- Bell (2.9 km)
- Clarence (3.3 km)
- Hartley Vale (5.5 km)
- Oakey Park (7.5 km)
- Doctors Gap (7.6 km)
- Corney Town (7.8 km)
- Vale Of Clwydd (7.9 km)
- Morts Estate (8.8 km)
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Streets
- Chifley Road (30)
- Queens Avenue (2)
- Valley View Road (48)