Lovedale NSW 2325
449 addresses · 15 streets
Hunter Electorate › Cessnock LGA › Lovedale · 124 km from Sydney
Living Here
Lovedale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 502 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $2,162 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Branxton - Greta - Pokolbin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lovedale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
2 hospitals
Getting around. Train station: Greta, 8.5 km north · Airport: Cessnock Airport, 3.1 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: 29.2% 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 | 29.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 47.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 62.3%
Population by age in Lovedale
| 0-4 | 29 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 58 |
| 15-19 | 20 |
| 20-24 | 27 |
| 25-34 | 47 |
| 35-44 | 49 |
| 45-54 | 72 |
| 55-64 | 87 |
| 65-74 | 88 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Lovedale
| House | 171 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lovedale
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 58 |
| $3,000+ | 52 |
Top ancestries in Lovedale
| English | 216 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 209 |
| Scottish | 61 |
| Irish | 50 |
| Other | 43 |
| Ancestry NS | 28 |
Housing tenure in Lovedale
| Owned | 82 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 61 |
| Rented | 24 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Lovedale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 82 |
| 3 | 36 |
| 4+ | 23 |
Commute to work in Lovedale
| Car | 125 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 77 |
Top countries of birth in Lovedale
| England | 22 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 8 |
| India | 6 |
| United States | 6 |
| Canada | 5 |
| Malaysia | 4 |
Languages used at home in Lovedale
| German | 5 |
|---|---|
| Sinhalese | 5 |
| Urdu | 4 |
| Arabic | 3 |
| Punjabi | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,924 bird observations recorded near Lovedale — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (176)
- Australian Wood Duck (145)
- Magpie-lark (143)
- Noisy Miner (143)
- Australian Raven (125)
- Pacific Black Duck (121)
- Galah (118)
- Willie Wagtail (116)
- Dusky Moorhen (112)
- Welcome Swallow (105)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (100)
- Eastern Rosella (99)
- Superb Fairy-wren (99)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lovedale
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (98)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (90)
- Eastern Australian Raven (85)
- Pied Butcherbird (85)
- Laughing Kookaburra (82)
- Common Myna (80)
- White-faced Heron (80)
- Crested Pigeon (77)
- Masked Lapwing (76)
- Grey Butcherbird (75)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (74)
- Grey Fantail (72)
- Eurasian Coot (71)
- Straw-necked Ibis (70)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (69)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (69)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (69)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Blackburn Close (9)
- Brickmans Lane (7)
- Green Lane (11)
- Lodge Road (8)
- Lomas Lane (1)
- Londons Road (17)
- Lovedale Road (62)
- Majors Lane (2)
- Olsen Road (7)
- Richardson Road (4)
- Talga Road (66)
- The Ballabourneen (14)
- Wilderness Road (50)
- Wills Hill Road (6)
- Wine Country Drive (185)
