Silverwater NSW 2128
2,204 addresses · 39 streets
Reid Electorate › Parramatta LGA › Silverwater · 16 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Silverwater is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,600 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 49% of households own their home and 50% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Korean, Chinese. 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 Homebush Bay - Silverwater statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Silverwater itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 playgrounds
2 hairdressers
3 beauty salons
2 plumbers
2 carpenters
Getting around. Train station: Auburn, 1.7 km south-west · Metro station: Epping, 8 km north-east · Light rail stop: Rosehill Gardens, 2.8 km north-west · Bus interchange: Parramatta EA, 3.5 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Rydalmere Ferry Wharf, 2.1 km north · Airport: Bankstown Airport, 10.8 km south-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: 9.3% 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 | 9.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.4% · Labour-force participation 36.1%
Population by age in Silverwater
| 0-4 | 159 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 308 |
| 15-19 | 113 |
| 20-24 | 285 |
| 25-34 | 902 |
| 35-44 | 879 |
| 45-54 | 474 |
| 55-64 | 260 |
| 65-74 | 149 |
| 75-84 | 53 |
| 85+ | 13 |
Dwelling types in Silverwater
| House | 241 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 167 |
| Apartment | 379 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Silverwater
| <$650 | 88 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 199 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 288 |
| $3,000+ | 161 |
Top ancestries in Silverwater
| Ancestry NS | 1,485 |
|---|---|
| Other | 514 |
| Korean | 453 |
| Chinese | 285 |
| Australian | 268 |
| English | 228 |
Housing tenure in Silverwater
| Owned | 101 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 279 |
| Rented | 384 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Silverwater
| 0 | 37 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 329 |
| 2 | 270 |
| 3 | 84 |
| 4+ | 50 |
Commute to work in Silverwater
| Car | 478 |
|---|---|
| Train | 9 |
| Bus | 12 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 33 |
| Bicycle | 6 |
| Home | 339 |
Top countries of birth in Silverwater
| South Korea | 343 |
|---|---|
| China | 131 |
| India | 93 |
| Lebanon | 80 |
| New Zealand | 68 |
| Pakistan | 64 |
Languages used at home in Silverwater
| Korean | 435 |
|---|---|
| Arabic | 177 |
| Mandarin | 146 |
| Urdu | 111 |
| Cantonese | 85 |
| Turkish | 55 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
234,892 bird observations recorded near Silverwater — most often seen:
- Australian White Ibis (14,728)
- Superb Fairy-wren (13,730)
- Noisy Miner (13,179)
- Australian Raven (11,721)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (11,047)
- Welcome Swallow (10,542)
- Chestnut Teal (10,247)
- Silver Gull (9,654)
- Australian Magpie (9,422)
- Dusky Moorhen (9,360)
- Pied Currawong (8,682)
- Magpie-lark (8,288)
- Masked Lapwing (7,894)
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- Pacific Black Duck (7,622)
- White-faced Heron (7,501)
- Eurasian Coot (7,057)
- Willie Wagtail (6,930)
- Common Myna (6,915)
- Grey Teal (6,152)
- Little Pied Cormorant (5,877)
- Black Swan (5,622)
- Red Wattlebird (5,584)
- Australian Pelican (5,349)
- Little Black Cormorant (5,251)
- Grey Butcherbird (4,779)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (4,640)
- Great Egret (4,483)
- Australasian Grebe (4,368)
- Silvereye (4,155)
- Crested Pigeon (4,113)
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
- Asquith Street (169)
- Barker Avenue (56)
- Beaconsfield Street (454)
- Blaxland Street (5)
- Bligh Street (11)
- Carnarvon Street (225)
- Carolyn Street (13)
- Churchill Street (15)
- Clyde Street (2)
- Coal Street (3)
- Day Street N (107)
- Deakin Street (103)
- Derby Street (138)
- Egerton Street (69)
- Fariola Street (84)
- Fisher Street (18)
- Giffard Street (6)
- Grey Street (17)
- Holker Street (30)
- Jamieson Street (1)
- Melton Street N (43)
- Millennium Court (65)
- Newington Road (2)
- Newton Street N (5)
- Picken Street (21)
- Rachael Close (14)
- River Street (6)
- Salisbury Street (12)
- Shaft Street (1)
- Silverwater Road (168)
- Skarratt Street N (25)
- Slough Avenue (59)
- Stanley Street (15)
- Stubbs Street (29)
- Suttor Street (2)
- Vore Street (83)
- Wetherill Street N (120)
- Wiblen Street (5)
- Wiblin Street (3)