Marshdale NSW 2420
32 addresses · 6 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Marshdale · 168 km from Sydney
Living Here
Marshdale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 46 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. 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 Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Marshdale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 library
Getting around. Train station: Dungog, 4.9 km north-west · Railway halt: Wirragulla, 5.6 km south-west · Airport: RAAF Base Williamtown, 39.8 km south.
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: 19.3% 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 | 19.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 26.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 64.7%
Population by age in Marshdale
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Marshdale
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Marshdale
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Marshdale
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 19 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Marshdale
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Marshdale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Marshdale
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Marshdale
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Marshdale
| Tagalog | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,222 bird observations recorded near Marshdale — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (170)
- Laughing Kookaburra (132)
- Noisy Miner (124)
- Eastern Rosella (120)
- Magpie-lark (110)
- Australian Raven (102)
- Australian Wood Duck (98)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (93)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (90)
- Pacific Black Duck (79)
- Masked Lapwing (72)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (71)
- Grey Butcherbird (68)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Marshdale
- Rainbow Lorikeet (65)
- Willie Wagtail (65)
- Superb Fairy-wren (62)
- Pied Butcherbird (60)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (57)
- Welcome Swallow (57)
- Crested Pigeon (54)
- Grey Fantail (53)
- Grey Teal (50)
- Noisy Friarbird (50)
- Satin Bowerbird (50)
- Silvereye (49)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (47)
- Australian King-parrot (45)
- White-faced Heron (44)
- Red-browed Finch (43)
- Jacky Winter (42)
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 Marshdale:
- Alison (2 km)
- Flat Tops (2.9 km)
- Wirragulla (5.1 km)
- Dungog (5.2 km)
- Cambra (5.8 km)
- Tabbil Creek (6.3 km)
- Stroud Hill (6.7 km)
- Bendolba (8.7 km)
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Streets
- Church Road (2)
- Flat Tops Road (5)
- Majors Creek Road (7)
- Marshdale Road (15)
- Stroud Hill Road (1)
- Wattle Tree Road (2)
