Rothbury NSW 2320
131 addresses · 13 streets
Hunter Electorate › Cessnock LGA › Rothbury · 130 km from Sydney
Living Here
Rothbury is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 55 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $325 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
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: Rothbury itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Branxton, 5.2 km north · Airport: Cessnock Airport, 8.5 km south.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 37.8% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Population by age in Rothbury
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 9 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rothbury
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rothbury
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Rothbury
| English | 26 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 13 |
| Australian | 12 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| German | 5 |
| Irish | 5 |
Housing tenure in Rothbury
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rothbury
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Rothbury
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Rothbury
| England | 3 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Rothbury
| Cantonese | 3 |
|---|---|
| French | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,824 bird observations recorded near Rothbury — most often seen:
- Grey-crowned Babbler (184)
- Australian Magpie (120)
- Swift Parrot (114)
- Australian Wood Duck (107)
- Noisy Miner (106)
- Galah (83)
- Eastern Rosella (71)
- Magpie-lark (69)
- Australian Raven (68)
- Pied Butcherbird (61)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (58)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (57)
- Willie Wagtail (54)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rothbury
- Laughing Kookaburra (53)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (49)
- Crested Pigeon (49)
- Grey Butcherbird (49)
- Pacific Black Duck (47)
- Masked Lapwing (45)
- Welcome Swallow (43)
- White-faced Heron (43)
- Dusky Moorhen (38)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (36)
- Superb Fairy-wren (34)
- Common Myna (33)
- Noisy Friarbird (33)
- Tawny Frogmouth (32)
- White-winged Chough (30)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (29)
- Purple Swamphen (29)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Rothbury:
- North Rothbury (4.1 km)
- Pokolbin (6.2 km)
- Lovedale (6.5 km)
- Greta (6.7 km)
- East Branxton (6.8 km)
- Belford (6.9 km)
- Branxton (6.9 km)
- Harpers Hill (7.6 km)
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Streets
- Aria Entrance (21)
- Barrington Place (1)
- Creekside Place (12)
- Crown Line Drive (23)
- Deaseys Road (2)
- Littlewood Road (3)
- Lovedale Road (1)
- Old North Road (23)
- Santa Ana Lane (9)
- Sonoma Way (5)
- Sweetwater Road (1)
- Talga Road (4)
- Wine Country Drive (26)
