Dry Creek NSW 2337
29 addresses · 2 streets
New England Electorate › Upper Hunter Shire LGA › Dry Creek · 221 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dry Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $2,374 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Scone Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dry Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Scone Airport, 13.9 km south.
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: 65.1% 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 | 65.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 80.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 82.1%
Population by age in Dry Creek
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dry Creek
| House | 11 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dry Creek
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Dry Creek
| Australian | 25 |
|---|---|
| English | 19 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| NZ | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Dry Creek
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Dry Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Dry Creek
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Dry Creek
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,466 bird observations recorded near Dry Creek — most often seen:
- Superb Lyrebird (166)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (140)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (138)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (121)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (99)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (99)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (92)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (86)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (80)
- Southern Magpie-lark (80)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (79)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (76)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (76)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dry Creek
- Eastern Australian Raven (75)
- Eastern Galah (75)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (73)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (72)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (72)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (70)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (69)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (68)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (67)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (65)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (62)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (62)
- Satin Bowerbird (62)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (62)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (61)
- Wonga Pigeon (61)
- Speckled Warbler (58)
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 Dry Creek:
- Wingen (5.8 km)
- Middle Brook (8.3 km)
- Parkville (8.6 km)
- Upper Dartbrook (10.3 km)
- Murulla (12 km)
- Pages River (14 km)
- Scone (15.8 km)
- Blandford (16.3 km)
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Streets
- Cressfield Road (3)
- Dry Creek Road (26)
