Pheasants Nest NSW 2574
301 addresses · 15 streets
Hume Electorate › Wollondilly LGA › Pheasants Nest · 68 km from Sydney
Living Here
Pheasants Nest is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 716 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,428 a week, with median rent near $430 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% 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 Bargo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pheasants Nest itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 optometrist
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Tahmoor, 5.3 km north-west · Airport: Camden Airport, 24.4 km north.
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: 59.8% 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 | 59.8% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 62.6% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 64.8%
Population by age in Pheasants Nest
| 0-4 | 32 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 84 |
| 15-19 | 56 |
| 20-24 | 37 |
| 25-34 | 77 |
| 35-44 | 77 |
| 45-54 | 127 |
| 55-64 | 99 |
| 65-74 | 80 |
| 75-84 | 28 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Pheasants Nest
| House | 206 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pheasants Nest
| <$650 | 28 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 41 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 64 |
| $3,000+ | 71 |
Top ancestries in Pheasants Nest
| Australian | 325 |
|---|---|
| English | 250 |
| Irish | 55 |
| Scottish | 47 |
| Ancestry NS | 44 |
| Maltese | 43 |
Housing tenure in Pheasants Nest
| Owned | 75 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 105 |
| Rented | 30 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pheasants Nest
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 32 |
| 2 | 66 |
| 3 | 45 |
| 4+ | 65 |
Commute to work in Pheasants Nest
| Car | 205 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 102 |
Top countries of birth in Pheasants Nest
| England | 15 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 12 |
| China | 5 |
| Greece | 5 |
| Malta | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
Languages used at home in Pheasants Nest
| Arabic | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 5 |
| Hindi | 5 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Croatian | 3 |
| Greek | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
7,837 bird observations recorded near Pheasants Nest — most often seen:
- Welcome Swallow (365)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (349)
- Bell Miner (340)
- Australian Raven (335)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (329)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (308)
- White-throated Treecreeper (308)
- Eastern Spinebill (304)
- Spotted Pardalote (296)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (284)
- Superb Fairy-wren (283)
- Australian Magpie (281)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (265)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pheasants Nest
- Magpie-lark (252)
- Willie Wagtail (251)
- Australian Wood Duck (246)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (244)
- Red-browed Finch (235)
- Noisy Miner (233)
- Eastern Rosella (228)
- Laughing Kookaburra (227)
- Eastern Whipbird (225)
- Brown Thornbill (220)
- Crimson Rosella (220)
- Pied Currawong (214)
- Brown Treecreeper (205)
- Grey Fantail (205)
- Peaceful Dove (205)
- Striated Thornbill (192)
- Grey Butcherbird (188)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Bidewell Drive (1)
- Charles Point Road (7)
- Charles Road (22)
- David Place (8)
- Dwyers Road (14)
- Esen Way (10)
- Hume Motorway (1)
- Knox Road (6)
- Lawson Road (23)
- Lyrebird Road (44)
- Mockingbird Road (34)
- Nightingale Road (27)
- Pheasants Nest Road (80)
- Sugarloaf Creek Road (11)
- Whipbird Road (13)
