Oxley Island NSW 2430
177 addresses · 21 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Oxley Island · 251 km from Sydney
Living Here
Oxley Island is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 321 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,432 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Old Bar - Manning Point - Red Head statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Oxley Island itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
2 hospitals
1 library
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Taree, 10.7 km west · Airport: Taree Airport, 6.5 km north-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: 9.4% 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 | 9.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 57.3%
Population by age in Oxley Island
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 61 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 32 |
| 45-54 | 43 |
| 55-64 | 49 |
| 65-74 | 44 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Oxley Island
| House | 112 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Oxley Island
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 31 |
| $3,000+ | 15 |
Top ancestries in Oxley Island
| English | 141 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 134 |
| Scottish | 43 |
| Irish | 40 |
| Aboriginal | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
Housing tenure in Oxley Island
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 36 |
| Rented | 17 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Oxley Island
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 26 |
| 2 | 45 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Oxley Island
| Car | 80 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 21 |
Top countries of birth in Oxley Island
| New Zealand | 14 |
|---|---|
| England | 7 |
| Bangladesh | 5 |
| China | 3 |
Languages used at home in Oxley Island
| Bengali | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,944 bird observations recorded near Oxley Island — most often seen:
- Little Tern (672)
- White-faced Heron (531)
- Australian Magpie (501)
- Eastern Curlew (499)
- Australian Pelican (464)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (447)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (446)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (433)
- Laughing Kookaburra (419)
- Magpie-lark (417)
- Crested Tern (390)
- Masked Lapwing (360)
- Eastern Osprey (340)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Oxley Island
- Giinbaywarraymal (339)
- Welcome Swallow (337)
- Willie Wagtail (324)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (321)
- Australian White Ibis (320)
- Red-capped Plover (301)
- Pacific Golden Plover (300)
- Pied Butcherbird (294)
- Common Myna (288)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (288)
- Straw-necked Ibis (286)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (284)
- Little Wattlebird (282)
- Australian Wood Duck (272)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (265)
- Eastern Rosella (264)
- Black-shouldered Kite (260)
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 Oxley Island:
- Bohnock (3.1 km)
- Cabbage Tree Island (3.6 km)
- Ghinni Ghinni (4.3 km)
- Mitchells Island (4.7 km)
- Croki (5.2 km)
- Old Bar (5.6 km)
- Cundletown (5.7 km)
- Dumaresq Island (5.9 km)
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Streets
- Allan Lane (3)
- Cowans Lane (29)
- Ferry Road (19)
- Goudy Lane (5)
- Greenaway Lane (3)
- Lauries Lane (4)
- Layton Road (4)
- Manning Point Road (22)
- Merney Lane (7)
- Midgy Gharret Road (5)
- Murdochs Lane (7)
- Narrung Place (4)
- Neals Lane (3)
- Oxley Island Road (23)
- Paynes Lane (6)
- Polsons Road (11)
- St Barnabas Lane (1)
- Tea Tree Lane (6)
- Templetons Lane (7)
- Thomas Lane (3)
- Weeks Lane (5)
