Glenthorne NSW 2430
143 addresses · 10 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Glenthorne · 246 km from Sydney
Living Here
Glenthorne is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 234 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,158 a week, with median rent near $335 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Taree statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Glenthorne itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
3 supermarkets
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 library
2 post offices
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
Getting around. Train station: Taree, 2.8 km north-west · Airport: Taree Airport, 5.6 km north-east.
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: 34.5% 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 | 34.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 55.6%
Population by age in Glenthorne
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 28 |
| 45-54 | 28 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 50 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Glenthorne
| House | 82 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Glenthorne
| <$650 | 18 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Glenthorne
| Australian | 97 |
|---|---|
| English | 88 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 26 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Aboriginal | 13 |
Housing tenure in Glenthorne
| Owned | 41 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 30 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Glenthorne
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Glenthorne
| Car | 73 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Glenthorne
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| China | 3 |
Languages used at home in Glenthorne
| Arabic | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,829 bird observations recorded near Glenthorne — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (587)
- Australian Magpie (531)
- Magpie-lark (369)
- Australian Wood Duck (338)
- Australian Pelican (299)
- Laughing Kookaburra (285)
- Tawny Frogmouth (285)
- Double-barred Finch (266)
- Common Myna (256)
- Masked Lapwing (244)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (237)
- Pacific Black Duck (224)
- Noisy Miner (216)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Glenthorne
- Galah (200)
- Welcome Swallow (189)
- Red-browed Finch (181)
- White-faced Heron (176)
- Birds (175)
- Willie Wagtail (171)
- Torresian Crow (170)
- Little Black Cormorant (161)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (156)
- Australian White Ibis (148)
- Rock Dove (146)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (144)
- Silver Gull (142)
- Crested Pigeon (135)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (135)
- Little Corella (134)
- Little Pied Cormorant (129)
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 Glenthorne:
- Purfleet (1.7 km)
- Taree South (1.8 km)
- Taree (3.2 km)
- Pampoolah (3.3 km)
- Dumaresq Island (4.1 km)
- Cundletown (5.7 km)
- Koorainghat (6 km)
- Tinonee (6 km)
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Streets
- Cubba Cubba Close (4)
- Eriksson Lane (1)
- Gilwarra Lane (3)
- Glenthorne Road (45)
- Kookaburra Drive (19)
- Manning River Drive (3)
- Old Bar Road (15)
- Old Punt Road (16)
- River Road (35)
- Woollards Road (2)
