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Glendale NSW 2285

1,899 addresses · 53 streets

Hunter Electorate › Lake Macquarie LGA › Glendale · 112 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Glendale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,260 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,514 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

3,260Population
36Median age
$1,514Median household income / wk
$360Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glendale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Cardiff, 2 km south-east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 15.3 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 33.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Glendale

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

Tree cover measures, Glendale NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202033.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202154.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 61.5%

Population by age in Glendale
Population by age, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4219
5-14396
15-19172
20-24215
25-34536
35-44438
45-54368
55-64365
65-74326
75-84172
85+61
Dwelling types in Glendale
Dwelling types, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House1,107
Townhouse100
Apartment60
Other6
Households by weekly income in Glendale
Households by weekly income, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650252
$650-1,499341
$1,500-2,999415
$3,000+191
Top ancestries in Glendale
Top ancestries, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian1,464
English1,353
Scottish349
Irish310
Aboriginal264
Other209
Housing tenure in Glendale
Housing tenure, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned382
Mortgage446
Rented416
Other16
Cars per household in Glendale
Cars per household, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
085
1467
2465
3157
4+88
Commute to work in Glendale
Commute to work, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car935
Train3
Bus17
Tram/ferry0
Walked20
Bicycle5
Home262
Top countries of birth in Glendale
Top countries of birth, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England44
New Zealand26
Philippines22
Pakistan14
Germany13
Netherlands10
Languages used at home in Glendale
Languages used at home, Glendale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin17
Spanish16
Cantonese12
Arabic11
Macedonian10
Tagalog10

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

58,783 bird observations recorded near Glendale — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Glendale

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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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.