Kiar NSW 2259
16 addresses · 3 streets
Dobell Electorate › Central Coast LGA › Kiar · 77 km from Sydney
Living Here
Kiar is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 25 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $315 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Italian. 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 Jilliby - Yarramalong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kiar itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Train station: Wyee, 4.4 km north-east · Airport: Somersby Airfield, 22.9 km south-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: 62.6% 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 | 62.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Kiar
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kiar
| House | 11 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kiar
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Kiar
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Kiar
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Kiar
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Kiar
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,239 bird observations recorded near Kiar — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (450)
- Australian Magpie (352)
- Laughing Kookaburra (329)
- Australian Raven (285)
- Noisy Miner (285)
- Australian Wood Duck (272)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (269)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (261)
- Grey Fantail (257)
- Superb Fairy-wren (227)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (210)
- Eastern Spinebill (197)
- Common Myna (187)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kiar
- Eastern Rosella (180)
- Galah (179)
- Masked Lapwing (178)
- Eastern Australian Raven (175)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (169)
- Magpie-lark (166)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (162)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (162)
- White-throated Treecreeper (151)
- Willie Wagtail (151)
- Red-browed Finch (148)
- Welcome Swallow (148)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (144)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (142)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (136)
- Southern Noisy Miner (134)
- Yellow Thornbill (133)
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 Kiar:
- Bushells Ridge (1.9 km)
- Halloran (3.3 km)
- Wallarah (3.4 km)
- Wyee (4.7 km)
- Warnervale (4.8 km)
- Jilliby (5.2 km)
- Blue Haven (5.2 km)
- Woongarrah (5.3 km)
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Streets
- Bushells Ridge Road (11)
- Hue Hue Road (3)
- Kiar Ridge Road (2)
