Dark Corner NSW 2795
34 addresses · 2 streets
Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Dark Corner · 139 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dark Corner is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 45 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $899 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Dark Corner itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Getting around. Airport: Bathurst Airport, 24.4 km south-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: 82.1% 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 | 82.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 92.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Dark Corner
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dark Corner
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Dark Corner
| Australian | 23 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| Other | 6 |
| Croatian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Dark Corner
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dark Corner
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Dark Corner
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,108 bird observations recorded near Dark Corner — most often seen:
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (65)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (57)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (56)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (55)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (53)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (52)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (52)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (49)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (46)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (46)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (45)
- Eastern Australian Raven (41)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (41)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dark Corner
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (40)
- South-eastern Striated Thornbill (40)
- Eastern White-winged Chough (35)
- Eastern Scarlet Robin (34)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (30)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (27)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (26)
- South-eastern Silvereye (26)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (25)
- South-eastern Buff-rumped Thornbill (24)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (23)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (21)
- Nankeen Kestrel (21)
- Southern Magpie-lark (20)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (20)
- Mainland Wedge-tailed Eagle (19)
- South-eastern Golden Whistler (19)
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 Dark Corner:
- Sunny Corner (9.2 km)
- Portland (11.8 km)
- Limekilns (13.1 km)
- Cullen Bullen (14 km)
- Palmers Oaky (14.2 km)
- Kirkconnell (15 km)
- Ben Bullen (15.4 km)
- Meadow Flat (16.7 km)
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Streets
- Cupitts Lane (1)
- Dark Corner Road (33)
