Ponto NSW 2818
41 addresses · 8 streets
Calare Electorate › Dubbo Regional LGA › Ponto · 274 km from Sydney
Living Here
Ponto is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 53 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $2,249 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Wellington statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ponto 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: 1.8% 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 | 1.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Ponto
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 7 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Ponto
| House | 17 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ponto
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Ponto
| Australian | 22 |
|---|---|
| English | 21 |
| Irish | 12 |
| German | 5 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Ponto
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Ponto
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Ponto
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
720 bird observations recorded near Ponto — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (53)
- Galah (45)
- Pacific Black Duck (43)
- Little Corella (39)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (35)
- Willie Wagtail (35)
- Magpie-lark (34)
- Australian Magpie (30)
- Eastern Rosella (29)
- Red-rumped Parrot (29)
- Dusky Moorhen (27)
- Common Starling (25)
- Laughing Kookaburra (25)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ponto
- Little Pied Cormorant (21)
- Australian Wood Duck (20)
- Superb Fairy-wren (20)
- Welcome Swallow (20)
- Pied Butcherbird (19)
- Tree Martin (17)
- Australian Raven (16)
- Nankeen Kestrel (16)
- Dollarbird (15)
- Peaceful Dove (15)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Sacred Kingfisher (14)
- Australian King-parrot (13)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (13)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (13)
- Grey Teal (13)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (12)
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 Ponto:
- Terrabella (6.6 km)
- Maryvale (9.6 km)
- Geurie (9.8 km)
- Benolong (10.1 km)
- Arthurville (10.5 km)
- Suntop (12.2 km)
- Montefiores (15.8 km)
- Mount Arthur (16 km)
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Streets
- Arthurville Road (12)
- Bushrangers Creek Road (4)
- Hermitage Road (8)
- Peach Trees Lane (1)
- River Road (6)
- Sawpit Gully Road (2)
- Terrabella Road (7)
- Yeronga Road (1)
