Palmers Oaky NSW 2795
63 addresses · 6 streets
Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Palmers Oaky · 147 km from Sydney
Living Here
Palmers Oaky is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 38 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,292 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 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lithgow Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Palmers Oaky itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 51.4% 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 | 51.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 60.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.5% · Labour-force participation 63.6%
Population by age in Palmers Oaky
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Palmers Oaky
| House | 15 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Palmers Oaky
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Palmers Oaky
| Australian | 21 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| Aboriginal | 8 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Palmers Oaky
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Palmers Oaky
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Palmers Oaky
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
968 bird observations recorded near Palmers Oaky — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (51)
- Laughing Kookaburra (50)
- Superb Fairy-wren (48)
- Willie Wagtail (45)
- Australian Magpie (44)
- Noisy Friarbird (42)
- Pied Currawong (41)
- Australian Wood Duck (40)
- White-throated Treecreeper (38)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (37)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (36)
- Australian Raven (35)
- Welcome Swallow (35)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Palmers Oaky
- Pacific Black Duck (34)
- Red Wattlebird (34)
- Grey Fantail (33)
- Eastern Rosella (30)
- Galah (30)
- Magpie-lark (28)
- White-browed Scrubwren (28)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (26)
- Spotted Pardalote (24)
- White-naped Honeyeater (24)
- Rufous Whistler (23)
- Red-browed Finch (22)
- White-faced Heron (20)
- Noisy Miner (19)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (18)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (17)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (16)
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 Palmers Oaky:
- Upper Turon (10.4 km)
- Paling Yards (11 km)
- Round Swamp (12.6 km)
- Capertee (13 km)
- Running Stream (13.8 km)
- Dark Corner (14.2 km)
- Limekilns (14.6 km)
- Wattle Flat (15.8 km)
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Streets
- Dark Corner Road (13)
- Mount Horrible Road (2)
- Palmers Oakey Road (22)
- Red Hill Road (3)
- Turon Gates Road (14)
- Upper Turon Road (9)
