Fountaindale NSW 2258
365 addresses · 25 streets
Dobell Electorate › Central Coast LGA › Fountaindale · 61 km from Sydney
Living Here
Fountaindale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 726 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,903 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 3% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ourimbah - Fountaindale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Fountaindale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 Catholic churches
1 dentist
2 physiotherapists
1 optometrist
2 childcare & kindergartens
2 libraries
2 post offices
7 service stations
1 dog park
1 bakery
4 hardware stores
1 electrician
3 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Ourimbah, 3.4 km south-west · Airport: Somersby Airfield, 9.7 km west.
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: 76.2% 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 | 76.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 93.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 67%
Population by age in Fountaindale
| 0-4 | 29 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 107 |
| 15-19 | 55 |
| 20-24 | 57 |
| 25-34 | 38 |
| 35-44 | 74 |
| 45-54 | 129 |
| 55-64 | 126 |
| 65-74 | 83 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Fountaindale
| House | 210 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Fountaindale
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 47 |
| $3,000+ | 93 |
Top ancestries in Fountaindale
| English | 319 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 285 |
| Scottish | 86 |
| Irish | 83 |
| Other | 55 |
| German | 37 |
Housing tenure in Fountaindale
| Owned | 88 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 111 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Fountaindale
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 91 |
| 3 | 48 |
| 4+ | 50 |
Commute to work in Fountaindale
| Car | 197 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 125 |
Top countries of birth in Fountaindale
| England | 46 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| South Korea | 5 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 |
| Malta | 4 |
Languages used at home in Fountaindale
| Russian | 11 |
|---|---|
| Tamil | 5 |
| Korean | 4 |
| French | 3 |
| Greek | 3 |
| Spanish | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
50,733 bird observations recorded near Fountaindale — most often seen:
- Bell Miner (3,192)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (2,790)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2,608)
- Superb Fairy-wren (2,249)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (2,195)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2,187)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,093)
- Eastern Whipbird (1,947)
- Grey Fantail (1,937)
- Chestnut Teal (1,838)
- Australian Magpie (1,773)
- Red-browed Finch (1,737)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (1,624)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Fountaindale
- Brown Gerygone (1,610)
- White-faced Heron (1,496)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (1,435)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,425)
- Silvereye (1,403)
- Common Myna (1,374)
- White-browed Scrubwren (1,349)
- Brown Thornbill (1,343)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,295)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,254)
- Eastern Spinebill (1,252)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (1,233)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (1,232)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (1,229)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (1,220)
- Australian Pelican (1,219)
- Magpie-lark (1,194)
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 Fountaindale:
- Glenning Valley (2.2 km)
- Kangy Angy (2.2 km)
- Ourimbah (3.3 km)
- Berkeley Vale (3.3 km)
- Palmdale (3.4 km)
- Chittaway Bay (4 km)
- Tuggerah (4 km)
- Chittaway Point (4.6 km)
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Streets
- Bellbird Lane (2)
- Berkeley Road (15)
- Berrys Lane (16)
- Brush Road (5)
- Catamaran Road (50)
- Cherry Lane (4)
- Co-wyn Close (7)
- Enterprise Drive (8)
- Fountain Road (5)
- Heathcliff Close (11)
- Jenny Lane (9)
- Ketch Close (48)
- Lillygrove Lane (5)
- Liza Close (12)
- Lorikeet Lane (4)
- Manns Road (12)
- Old Chittaway Road (51)
- Orange Road (8)
- Peach Orchard Road (42)
- Pleasant Valley Road (21)
- Rutherford Drive (1)
- Samara Close (8)
- Station Road E (9)
- Stenning Lane (4)
- Valerie Close (8)
