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Pokolbin NSW 2320

1,795 addresses · 66 streets

Hunter Electorate › Cessnock LGA › Pokolbin · 124 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Pokolbin is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,049 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $2,395 a week, with median rent near $600 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,049Population
57Median age
$2,395Median household income / wk
$600Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Branxton - Greta - Pokolbin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pokolbin itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Greta, 11.1 km north-east · Airport: Cessnock Airport, 4.5 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources10/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 36.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Pokolbin

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Pokolbin NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202036.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202147.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 60.2%

Population by age in Pokolbin
Population by age, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-427
5-1493
15-1937
20-2432
25-3456
35-44111
45-54127
55-64239
65-74229
75-8486
85+6
Dwelling types in Pokolbin
Dwelling types, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House397
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Pokolbin
Households by weekly income, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65036
$650-1,49985
$1,500-2,999107
$3,000+159
Top ancestries in Pokolbin
Top ancestries, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English502
Australian355
Scottish147
Irish128
German68
Other57
Housing tenure in Pokolbin
Housing tenure, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned192
Mortgage148
Rented42
Other10
Cars per household in Pokolbin
Cars per household, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
07
1103
2174
371
4+46
Commute to work in Pokolbin
Commute to work, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car184
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked37
Bicycle0
Home239
Top countries of birth in Pokolbin
Top countries of birth, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England82
South Africa27
New Zealand23
United States16
China9
Netherlands8
Languages used at home in Pokolbin
Languages used at home, Pokolbin NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans8
Mandarin7
Greek7
Croatian5
German4
Indonesian4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

8,685 bird observations recorded near Pokolbin — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Pokolbin

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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Image — Sardaka (talk) 09:13, 15 December 2008 (UTC) · CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).