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Fennell Bay NSW 2283

883 addresses · 31 streets

Hunter Electorate › Lake Macquarie LGA › Fennell Bay · 104 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Fennell Bay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,780 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $368 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,780Population
45Median age
$1,375Median household income / wk
$368Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bolton Point - Teralba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fennell Bay itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Fassifern, 1.6 km north-west · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 9.6 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 66.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Fennell Bay

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Fennell Bay NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202066.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202180.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 53.5%

Population by age in Fennell Bay
Population by age, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-487
5-14172
15-1992
20-24126
25-34214
35-44193
45-54215
55-64249
65-74237
75-84142
85+47
Dwelling types in Fennell Bay
Dwelling types, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House615
Townhouse42
Apartment41
Other0
Households by weekly income in Fennell Bay
Households by weekly income, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650145
$650-1,499212
$1,500-2,999207
$3,000+98
Top ancestries in Fennell Bay
Top ancestries, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English780
Australian756
Scottish214
Irish198
Aboriginal137
Ancestry NS108
Housing tenure in Fennell Bay
Housing tenure, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned276
Mortgage238
Rented165
Other5
Cars per household in Fennell Bay
Cars per household, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
035
1218
2289
3108
4+44
Commute to work in Fennell Bay
Commute to work, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car498
Train7
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked7
Bicycle0
Home118
Top countries of birth in Fennell Bay
Top countries of birth, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England37
New Zealand23
Scotland16
Malaysia10
Germany9
Netherlands9
Languages used at home in Fennell Bay
Languages used at home, Fennell Bay NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin13
Afrikaans7
French7
German7
Thai5
Australian Indigenous4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

22,653 bird observations recorded near Fennell Bay — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Fennell Bay

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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