Fernances Crossing NSW 2325
40 addresses · 3 streets
Hunter Electorate › Cessnock LGA › Fernances Crossing · 90 km from Sydney
Living Here
Fernances Crossing is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 36 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $575 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cessnock Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fernances Crossing itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 94.8% 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 | 94.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 97.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Fernances Crossing
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Fernances Crossing
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Fernances Crossing
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Fernances Crossing
| Australian | 24 |
|---|---|
| English | 19 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Fernances Crossing
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Fernances Crossing
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Fernances Crossing
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Fernances Crossing
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,269 bird observations recorded near Fernances Crossing — most often seen:
- Superb Lyrebird (214)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (104)
- Wonga Pigeon (98)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (98)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (94)
- Eastern Spinebill (89)
- Australian King-parrot (81)
- Australian Wood Duck (81)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (81)
- White-naped Honeyeater (79)
- Laughing Kookaburra (74)
- White-faced Heron (73)
- Satin Bowerbird (72)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fernances Crossing
- Australian Magpie (68)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (68)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (67)
- Noisy Friarbird (67)
- Pied Currawong (67)
- White-throated Treecreeper (64)
- Pacific Black Duck (62)
- Spotted Pardalote (62)
- Superb Fairy-wren (61)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (59)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (59)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (58)
- Welcome Swallow (56)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (55)
- Crimson Rosella (54)
- Brown Thornbill (52)
- Willie Wagtail (52)
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 Fernances Crossing:
- Murrays Run (4.5 km)
- Dairy Arm (5.4 km)
- Bucketty (6.1 km)
- Laguna (6.1 km)
- Milsons Arm (7.6 km)
- Watagan (9.6 km)
- Mogo Creek (13.1 km)
- Wollombi (13.5 km)
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Streets
- Fernances Crossing Road (13)
- Great North Road (25)
- Murrays Run Road (2)
