Dunkeld NSW 2795
40 addresses · 7 streets
Calare Electorate › Bathurst Regional LGA › Dunkeld · 168 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dunkeld is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 42 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,499 a week, with median rent near $380 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 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bathurst Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dunkeld itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
2 hospitals
1 golf club
2 electricians
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Bathurst, 9.6 km east · Bus interchange: Mountain Shuttle Bus, 7.8 km south-east · Airport: Bathurst Airport, 16 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: 1.5% 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 | 1.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 64.1%
Population by age in Dunkeld
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Dunkeld
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dunkeld
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Dunkeld
| English | 26 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 16 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Dunkeld
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dunkeld
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Dunkeld
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
354 bird observations recorded near Dunkeld — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (31)
- Magpie-lark (27)
- Noisy Miner (18)
- Common Starling (17)
- Noisy Friarbird (17)
- Nankeen Kestrel (16)
- Galah (15)
- Brown Falcon (13)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (12)
- Crested Pigeon (11)
- Eastern Rosella (11)
- Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- Crimson Rosella (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dunkeld
- Grey Butcherbird (10)
- Pacific Black Duck (10)
- Red Wattlebird (10)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (10)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (10)
- Black-shouldered Kite (9)
- Welcome Swallow (9)
- Willie Wagtail (9)
- Australian Raven (8)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (8)
- Common Myna (8)
- Eastern Australian Raven (8)
- Pallid Cuckoo (8)
- Southern Magpie-lark (8)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (7)
- White-winged Chough (7)
- Australian Wood Duck (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.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Dunkeld:
- Stewarts Mount (3.8 km)
- The Rocks (4.6 km)
- Evans Plains (5.2 km)
- Robin Hill (5.6 km)
- Windradyne (6 km)
- Llanarth (6.5 km)
- Abercrombie (6.5 km)
- Eglinton (7.1 km)
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Streets
- Back Swamp Road (6)
- Dunkeld Road (7)
- Evans Plains Road (7)
- Houses Lane (1)
- Marys Lane (4)
- Mitchell Highway (11)
- Ophir Road (4)
