Hanwood NSW 2680
927 addresses · 58 streets
Farrer Electorate › Griffith LGA › Hanwood · 478 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Hanwood is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,388 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,856 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Italian, Australian, English. 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 Griffith Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hanwood itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 parks
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 library
2 post offices
1 service station
1 golf club
2 butchers
1 hardware store
Getting around. Train station: Griffith Station, 5.7 km north · Airport: Griffith Airport, 9.2 km north.
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: 3.4% 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 | 3.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.8% · Labour-force participation 60%
Population by age in Hanwood
| 0-4 | 81 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 186 |
| 15-19 | 103 |
| 20-24 | 91 |
| 25-34 | 172 |
| 35-44 | 167 |
| 45-54 | 186 |
| 55-64 | 171 |
| 65-74 | 131 |
| 75-84 | 79 |
| 85+ | 26 |
Dwelling types in Hanwood
| House | 401 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Hanwood
| <$650 | 47 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 97 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 136 |
| $3,000+ | 85 |
Top ancestries in Hanwood
| Italian | 475 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 377 |
| English | 330 |
| Ancestry NS | 232 |
| Other | 122 |
| Irish | 77 |
Housing tenure in Hanwood
| Owned | 163 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 120 |
| Rented | 89 |
| Other | 20 |
Cars per household in Hanwood
| 0 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 101 |
| 2 | 135 |
| 3 | 74 |
| 4+ | 76 |
Commute to work in Hanwood
| Car | 503 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 37 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 55 |
Top countries of birth in Hanwood
| India | 53 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 39 |
| Malaysia | 29 |
| England | 11 |
| New Zealand | 11 |
| South Africa | 7 |
Languages used at home in Hanwood
| Italian | 78 |
|---|---|
| Punjabi | 74 |
| Mandarin | 17 |
| Afrikaans | 7 |
| Arabic | 3 |
| Bengali | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,800 bird observations recorded near Hanwood — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (153)
- Common Starling (131)
- Crested Pigeon (125)
- House Sparrow (104)
- Eurasian Blackbird (100)
- Galah (87)
- Yellow-throated Miner (75)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (73)
- Welcome Swallow (64)
- Willie Wagtail (64)
- Little Raven (63)
- Pacific Black Duck (62)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (57)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hanwood
- White-plumed Honeyeater (52)
- Australian Magpie (49)
- Black-shouldered Kite (45)
- Rock Dove (45)
- Red Wattlebird (44)
- Singing Honeyeater (41)
- Australian White Ibis (38)
- Double-barred Finch (37)
- European Goldfinch (37)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (36)
- Silvereye (34)
- Laughing Kookaburra (33)
- Nankeen Kestrel (33)
- White-faced Heron (32)
- Mallee Ringneck (31)
- Straw-necked Ibis (28)
- Australian Raven (27)
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 Hanwood:
- Yoogali (5.3 km)
- Griffith (6.1 km)
- Widgelli (9.3 km)
- Lake Wyangan (10.4 km)
- Tharbogang (11 km)
- Beelbangera (11 km)
- Kooba (11.2 km)
- Bilbul (11.2 km)
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Streets
- Andreatta Road (6)
- Ash Street (18)
- Beaumont Road (13)
- Beech Street (3)
- Ben Martin Road (9)
- Beverley Road (15)
- Bill Hore Lane (2)
- Bob Irvin Road (26)
- Bowditch Road (1)
- Brombal Road (6)
- Ceccato Road (5)
- Club Street (12)
- Cox Road (17)
- Crawford Road (14)
- Crook Road (18)
- D'aquino Road (1)
- Delves Road (7)
- Drew Road (10)
- Farrell Road (1)
- Gulloni Road (1)
- Gum Creek Road (12)
- Hanwood Avenue (44)
- Hanwood Road (24)
- Jack Mcwilliam Road (14)
- Joncondon Road (10)
- Keely Road (1)
- Kendall Lane (17)
- Kidman Way (90)
- Leonard Road (51)
- Little Road (7)
- Mallee Street (4)
- Mansell Road (25)
- Mcgann Road (6)
- Millis Road (9)
- Mirrool Branch Canal Road (8)
- Murphy Road (20)
- Murray Road (13)
- Murrumbidgee Avenue (31)
- Old Willbriggie Road (38)
- Pedley Road (14)
- Polkinghorne Road (3)
- Research Station Road (16)
- Sainty Road (8)
- Sangster Crescent (15)
- Sara Road (18)
- School Street (48)
- Spry Road (6)
- Stanbridge Street (2)
- Stokes Road (17)
- Thompson Road (32)
- Thorne Road (2)
- Toscan Road (5)
- Wattle Street (13)
- Whiting Road (8)
- Wilga Street (60)
- Wincey Road (11)
- Wright Road (2)
- Yarran Street (38)
