Hartley NSW 2790
308 addresses · 23 streets
Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Hartley · 102 km from Sydney
Living Here
Hartley is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 478 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,906 a week, with median rent near $283 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lithgow Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Hartley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
2 Catholic churches
2 hospitals
1 vet
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Lithgow, 6.9 km north · Airport: Bathurst Airport, 50.8 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: 44% 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 | 44.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 58.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 63%
Population by age in Hartley
| 0-4 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 61 |
| 15-19 | 26 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 33 |
| 35-44 | 53 |
| 45-54 | 75 |
| 55-64 | 91 |
| 65-74 | 60 |
| 75-84 | 38 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Hartley
| House | 158 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 13 |
Households by weekly income in Hartley
| <$650 | 22 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 37 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 36 |
| $3,000+ | 50 |
Top ancestries in Hartley
| Australian | 233 |
|---|---|
| English | 177 |
| Scottish | 57 |
| Irish | 56 |
| Other | 43 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
Housing tenure in Hartley
| Owned | 82 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 78 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Hartley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 40 |
| 2 | 63 |
| 3 | 30 |
| 4+ | 36 |
Commute to work in Hartley
| Car | 139 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 61 |
Top countries of birth in Hartley
| England | 13 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 |
| Scotland | 8 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Thailand | 5 |
| Wales | 4 |
Languages used at home in Hartley
| Thai | 11 |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | 8 |
| Arabic | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,624 bird observations recorded near Hartley — most often seen:
- Australian Wood Duck (470)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (445)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (434)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (423)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (370)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (365)
- Southern Magpie-lark (363)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (357)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (352)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (346)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (333)
- Common Myna (326)
- Southern Noisy Miner (326)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Hartley
- Crimson Rosella (324)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (323)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (309)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (305)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (292)
- Pied Currawong (289)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (288)
- Common Starling (270)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (268)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (268)
- Red Wattlebird (267)
- White-throated Treecreeper (264)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (262)
- Brown Thornbill (259)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (251)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (238)
- Australian Magpie (237)
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 Hartley:
- Hartley Vale (4.5 km)
- Little Hartley (4.6 km)
- Doctors Gap (5.5 km)
- Sheedys Gully (6 km)
- South Littleton (6.2 km)
- Littleton (6.4 km)
- Pottery Estate (6.4 km)
- South Bowenfels (6.5 km)
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Streets
- Blackmans Creek Road (17)
- Browns Gap Road (46)
- Bruwalin Place (7)
- Carroll Drive (9)
- Cullenbenbong Road (11)
- Franks Place (28)
- Gap Road (8)
- Glenrock Place (18)
- Granger Place (16)
- Great Western Highway (30)
- Hartley Valley Road (3)
- Jenolan Caves Road (5)
- Kelly Street (1)
- Lett Street (3)
- Mckanes Falls Road (10)
- Megalong Place (23)
- Mid Hartley Road (31)
- Old Great Western Highway (18)
- Pitts Lane (1)
- Pitts Road (1)
- River Lett Close (12)
- Walker Street (4)
- Wheeler Place (6)
