Lemon Tree Passage NSW 2319
1,745 addresses · 47 streets
Paterson Electorate › Port Stephens LGA › Lemon Tree Passage · 148 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Lemon Tree Passage is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,686 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,071 a week, with median rent near $365 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lemon Tree Passage - Tanilba Bay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lemon Tree Passage itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
5 cafés & restaurants
1 beach
1 Catholic church
1 medical clinic
1 dentist
1 hospital
1 vet
1 library
2 post offices
2 service stations
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
1 bakery
2 butchers
3 hardware stores
Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Williamtown, 19.4 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: 53.8% 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 | 53.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 74.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.6% · Labour-force participation 43.5%
Population by age in Lemon Tree Passage
| 0-4 | 122 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 287 |
| 15-19 | 122 |
| 20-24 | 107 |
| 25-34 | 206 |
| 35-44 | 249 |
| 45-54 | 312 |
| 55-64 | 479 |
| 65-74 | 501 |
| 75-84 | 250 |
| 85+ | 39 |
Dwelling types in Lemon Tree Passage
| House | 976 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 101 |
| Apartment | 15 |
| Other | 18 |
Households by weekly income in Lemon Tree Passage
| <$650 | 270 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 408 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 252 |
| $3,000+ | 99 |
Top ancestries in Lemon Tree Passage
| English | 1,242 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,053 |
| Scottish | 314 |
| Irish | 313 |
| Ancestry NS | 170 |
| Aboriginal | 159 |
Housing tenure in Lemon Tree Passage
| Owned | 482 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 307 |
| Rented | 287 |
| Other | 17 |
Cars per household in Lemon Tree Passage
| 0 | 31 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 440 |
| 2 | 429 |
| 3 | 125 |
| 4+ | 63 |
Commute to work in Lemon Tree Passage
| Car | 611 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 18 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 151 |
Top countries of birth in Lemon Tree Passage
| England | 119 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 34 |
| Germany | 24 |
| Scotland | 17 |
| Philippines | 9 |
| South Africa | 9 |
Languages used at home in Lemon Tree Passage
| German | 17 |
|---|---|
| Australian Indigenous | 9 |
| Italian | 9 |
| Mandarin | 8 |
| Croatian | 8 |
| Spanish | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,871 bird observations recorded near Lemon Tree Passage — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,310)
- Australian White Ibis (1,139)
- Australian Pelican (848)
- Laughing Kookaburra (848)
- Australian Wood Duck (732)
- Little Pied Cormorant (731)
- Australian Magpie (723)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (702)
- White-faced Heron (691)
- Noisy Miner (679)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (654)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (640)
- Pacific Black Duck (639)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lemon Tree Passage
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (598)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (577)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (532)
- Chestnut Teal (527)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (524)
- Little Black Cormorant (506)
- Crested Pigeon (502)
- Welcome Swallow (500)
- Magpie-lark (498)
- Dusky Moorhen (488)
- Southern Magpie-lark (481)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (480)
- Masked Lapwing (475)
- Giinbaywarraymal (474)
- Pied Cormorant (468)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (453)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (452)
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 Lemon Tree Passage:
- Mallabula (1.9 km)
- Port Stephens (2.7 km)
- Tanilba Bay (3.2 km)
- Taylors Beach (3.8 km)
- Bobs Farm (4.2 km)
- Soldiers Point (4.3 km)
- Salamander Bay (5 km)
- Anna Bay (6.6 km)
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Streets
- Beach Road (17)
- Blanch Street (91)
- Boyd Avenue (40)
- Cambridge Avenue (29)
- Conroy Road (3)
- Cook Parade (110)
- Crawley Avenue (13)
- Daniel Crescent (7)
- Dean Parade (75)
- Elaine Avenue (18)
- Elizabeth Avenue (37)
- Francis Avenue (92)
- Geer Close (25)
- Gibbers Drive (13)
- Gould Drive (95)
- Helen Avenue (31)
- Hutcheson Road (10)
- Inala Court (14)
- Industrial Crescent (74)
- James Scott Crescent (73)
- John Parade (101)
- Johnson Parade (80)
- Kawarren Street (8)
- Kenneth Parade (22)
- Lemon Tree Passage Road (83)
- Mackie Street (6)
- Malvern Road (34)
- Marine Drive (37)
- Meredith Avenue (93)
- Morton Avenue (20)
- Northumberland Avenue (29)
- Oyster Farm Road (35)
- Paroa Avenue (29)
- Purcell Avenue (12)
- Raiss Close (43)
- Richard Avenue (18)
- Robert Crescent (13)
- Rose Street (18)
- Russell Street (10)
- Shearman Avenue (21)
- Stanley Street (18)
- Tanilba Road (6)
- Torpey Avenue (32)
- Vera Avenue (22)
- Ward Street (7)
- Whitbread Drive (54)
- William Close (27)
