Essington NSW 2787
82 addresses · 11 streets
Calare Electorate › Oberon LGA › Essington · 138 km from Sydney
Living Here
Essington is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 99 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,874 a week, with median rent near $600 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Oberon statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Essington itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Bathurst Airport, 36.1 km north.
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: 16% 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 | 16.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Essington
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 21 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Essington
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Essington
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Essington
| Australian | 44 |
|---|---|
| English | 41 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Irish | 5 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Essington
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Essington
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Essington
| Car | 34 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Essington
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,329 bird observations recorded near Essington — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,843)
- Grey Fantail (1,513)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (831)
- Willie Wagtail (432)
- Rufous Whistler (404)
- White-browed Scrubwren (404)
- White-throated Treecreeper (380)
- Brown Thornbill (266)
- Eurasian Blackbird (265)
- Crimson Rosella (240)
- Southern Boobook (236)
- Pied Currawong (187)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (185)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Essington
- Red-browed Finch (164)
- White-eared Honeyeater (131)
- Silvereye (108)
- Australian Magpie (104)
- Australian Raven (101)
- Striated Pardalote (91)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (76)
- Galah (70)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (67)
- Laughing Kookaburra (57)
- Eastern Rosella (35)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (27)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (26)
- Red Wattlebird (25)
- Australian Wood Duck (22)
- Eastern Spinebill (20)
- White-winged Chough (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 Essington:
- Twenty Forests (6.1 km)
- Norway (8.3 km)
- Dog Rocks (9.4 km)
- Charlton (10 km)
- Mayfield (10.1 km)
- Wisemans Creek (10.4 km)
- Oberon (13.1 km)
- Black Springs (13.6 km)
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Streets
- Apanie Road (1)
- Beaconsfield Road (22)
- Chain Of Ponds Road (6)
- Dog Rocks Road (3)
- Foleys Creek Road (6)
- Gibbons Road (3)
- Hopes Road (6)
- Langs Road (2)
- Mayfield Road (4)
- Sewells Creek Road (28)
- Sloggetts Road (1)
