Pottery Estate NSW 2790
156 addresses · 12 streets
Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Pottery Estate · 106 km from Sydney
Living Here
Pottery Estate is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 112 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $275 a week. Most homes are houses. About 44% of households own their home and 56% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lithgow statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pottery Estate itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
3 pharmacies
3 doctors & medical clinics
2 physiotherapists
2 hospitals
4 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
2 post offices
5 service stations
1 golf club
1 hardware store
2 hairdressers
1 electrician
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Lithgow, 700 m north-east · Airport: Bathurst Airport, 47.1 km west.
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: 32.6% 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 | 32.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 39.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.1% · Labour-force participation 41.9%
Population by age in Pottery Estate
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Pottery Estate
| House | 41 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 11 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pottery Estate
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Pottery Estate
| Australian | 50 |
|---|---|
| English | 43 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
Housing tenure in Pottery Estate
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 31 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pottery Estate
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Pottery Estate
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Pottery Estate
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| China | 3 |
| Vietnam | 3 |
Languages used at home in Pottery Estate
| Mandarin | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,196 bird observations recorded near Pottery Estate — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (977)
- Pied Currawong (977)
- Pacific Black Duck (832)
- Australian Wood Duck (821)
- Crimson Rosella (804)
- Superb Fairy-wren (782)
- Red Wattlebird (716)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (697)
- Australian Raven (629)
- Magpie-lark (627)
- Pink-eared Duck (623)
- Welcome Swallow (608)
- Eurasian Coot (607)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pottery Estate
- Hardhead (584)
- Grey Teal (582)
- Australasian Grebe (575)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (570)
- House Sparrow (544)
- Galah (542)
- Masked Lapwing (534)
- Blue-billed Duck (526)
- Australasian Shoveler (524)
- Common Myna (493)
- Dusky Moorhen (492)
- Common Starling (476)
- Willie Wagtail (467)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (417)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (399)
- Eastern Rosella (394)
- Laughing Kookaburra (377)
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 Pottery Estate:
- Lithgow (0.4 km)
- Sheedys Gully (0.7 km)
- Hermitage Flat (1 km)
- Mckellars Park (1.6 km)
- Cobar Park (1.7 km)
- Littleton (1.8 km)
- Vale Of Clwydd (1.9 km)
- Doctors Gap (2.1 km)
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Streets
- Bent Street (57)
- Cook Street (1)
- Hassan Street (9)
- Hassans Walls Road (1)
- Kirkland Link (2)
- Lett Street (7)
- Lithgow Street (4)
- Mantle Street (2)
- Mort Street (1)
- Silcock Street (33)
- Valley Drive (12)
- Waratah Street (27)
