Paterson NSW 2421

Living Here

Paterson is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 960 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,907 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged 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: Paterson itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Paterson Public School
  • Martins Creek Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Paterson Country Cafe
• 1 supermarket

  • Paterson Friendly Grocer
• 3 parks

  • Kings Wharf Park
  • Allan Fairhall Reserve
  • John Tucker Park
• 1 post office

  • Paterson Post Office
• 1 golf club

  • Paterson Golf Course
• 1 butcher

  • Paterson Butchery

Getting around. Train station: Paterson, 650 m south · Airport: Maitland Airport, 16.1 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: 44.9% 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 2.8% · Labour-force participation 66.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

15,253 bird observations recorded near Paterson — most often seen:

• Australian Wood Duck (814)
• Pacific Black Duck (772)
• Wonga Pigeon (633)
• Double-barred Finch (585)
• Northern Superb Fairy-wren (583)
• Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (571)
• Australian Magpie (563)
• Southern Laughing Kookaburra (552)
• Grey Teal (525)
• Tasmanian Grey Fantail (521)
• Southern Magpie-lark (515)
• Laughing Kookaburra (508)
• South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (506)

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 Paterson:

• Duns Creek (3.8 km)
• Tocal (4.3 km)
• Martins Creek (4.7 km)
• Butterwick (6.5 km)
• Mindaribba (7.2 km)
• Vacy (7.8 km)
• Woodville (8.1 km)
• Webbers Creek (9.5 km)

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