Palmdale NSW 2258

Living Here

Palmdale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $2,156 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Ourimbah - Fountaindale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Palmdale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Ourimbah Public School
  • Central Coast Rudolf Steiner School
  • Tuggerah Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Burns Rd Cafe
• 1 park

  • Lara Close Reserve
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Cecilia's Church Wyong
• 1 dentist

  • Oral Surgery Ourimbah
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Lotus Naturopathy & Massage
  • OUR Physio Central Coast
• 1 optometrist

  • Coastwide Eye Surgery
• 8 hospitals

  • Berkeley Vale Private Hospital
  • North Gosford Private Hospital
  • Gosford Hospital
  • Long Jetty Healthcare Centre
  • Think Well Hypnotherapy
  • Central Coast Day Hospital
  • Wyong Hospital
  • Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital
• 5 vets

  • Ourimbah Veterinary Hospital
  • Tuggerah Veterinary Clinic
  • Tuggerah Animal Hospital
  • S.A.S.H. Central Coast
  • Bonded Hearts Veterinary Hospital
• 1 childcare centre

  • Follyfoot Farm
• 2 libraries

  • Information Resource Centre
  • Tuggerah Library
• 1 post office

  • Ourimbah Post Office
• 4 service stations

  • Coles Express
  • Metro Petroleum
  • United
  • Metro Petroleum
• 1 gym

  • Recalibrate Pilates
• 2 golf clubs

  • Kooindah Waters Golf Course
  • Wyong Golf Course
• 1 dog park

  • Tuggerah Oval
• 1 bakery

  • Heatherbrae’s Pies
• 3 hardware stores

  • Eatons Mitre 10 Ourimbah
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Sydney Tools
• 1 electrician

  • Zen Industrial
• 2 places to stay

  • Greenacres Bed & Breakfast
  • Chittaway Motel

Getting around. Train station: Ourimbah, 3.3 km south · Airport: Somersby Airfield, 7.4 km south-west.

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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: 53.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 43.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

35,120 bird observations recorded near Palmdale — most often seen:

• Bell Miner (2,475)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (2,382)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (1,930)
• Eastern Whipbird (1,598)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,555)
• Grey Fantail (1,496)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,495)
• Red-browed Finch (1,450)
• Brown Gerygone (1,438)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,265)
• White-browed Scrubwren (1,134)
• Silvereye (1,120)
• Red-whiskered Bulbul (1,110)

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 Palmdale:

• Kangy Angy (2.6 km)
• Ourimbah (3.3 km)
• Fountaindale (3.4 km)
• Tuggerah (5.4 km)
• Mardi (5.4 km)
• Glenning Valley (5.5 km)
• Palm Grove (5.5 km)
• Lisarow (5.9 km)

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