Sutton NSW 2620
1,047 addresses · 53 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA › Sutton · 232 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Sutton is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,556 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $3,044 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Yass Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sutton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 hospital
1 post office
1 bakery
2 places to stay
Getting around. Bus interchange: Gungahlin Bus Station, 9.2 km west · Airport: Canberra Airport, 15.1 km south.
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: 14.8% 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 | 14.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 64.7%
Population by age in Sutton
| 0-4 | 58 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 182 |
| 15-19 | 106 |
| 20-24 | 119 |
| 25-34 | 160 |
| 35-44 | 160 |
| 45-54 | 226 |
| 55-64 | 246 |
| 65-74 | 199 |
| 75-84 | 77 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Sutton
| House | 450 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Households by weekly income in Sutton
| <$650 | 33 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 77 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 106 |
| $3,000+ | 224 |
Top ancestries in Sutton
| Australian | 583 |
|---|---|
| English | 552 |
| Irish | 204 |
| Other | 181 |
| Scottish | 172 |
| Ancestry NS | 162 |
Housing tenure in Sutton
| Owned | 213 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 164 |
| Rented | 72 |
| Other | 18 |
Cars per household in Sutton
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 86 |
| 2 | 143 |
| 3 | 101 |
| 4+ | 123 |
Commute to work in Sutton
| Car | 569 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 18 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 116 |
Top countries of birth in Sutton
| England | 58 |
|---|---|
| United States | 13 |
| India | 12 |
| Croatia | 10 |
| New Zealand | 10 |
| South Africa | 9 |
Languages used at home in Sutton
| Italian | 21 |
|---|---|
| Croatian | 12 |
| Mandarin | 10 |
| Arabic | 9 |
| Punjabi | 9 |
| Greek | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,377 bird observations recorded near Sutton — most often seen:
- Superb Parrot (388)
- Australian Magpie (357)
- Crimson Rosella (334)
- Galah (331)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (326)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (276)
- Australian Raven (273)
- Eastern Rosella (262)
- Noisy Miner (254)
- Superb Fairy-wren (254)
- Magpie-lark (238)
- Common Starling (225)
- Pied Currawong (223)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sutton
- Australian Wood Duck (219)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (193)
- Laughing Kookaburra (192)
- Grey Fantail (187)
- Red-rumped Parrot (177)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (167)
- Red Wattlebird (164)
- Welcome Swallow (153)
- Crested Pigeon (148)
- Willie Wagtail (140)
- Striated Pardalote (138)
- Pacific Black Duck (134)
- Striated Thornbill (130)
- Nankeen Kestrel (129)
- Rufous Whistler (129)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (119)
- Eurasian Blackbird (117)
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 Sutton:
- Bywong (8.7 km)
- Wamboin (11.2 km)
- Lake George (15.6 km)
- Gundaroo (16 km)
- Springrange (16.3 km)
- The Ridgeway (18.5 km)
- Crestwood (19.4 km)
- Queanbeyan East (19.5 km)
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Streets
- Albert Street (7)
- Alfred Road (11)
- Bidges Road (152)
- Blakelys Close (14)
- Browns Lane (11)
- Bywong Street (40)
- Camp Street (23)
- Cartwright Avenue (32)
- Casey Close (3)
- Darmody Place (19)
- Desalis Street (3)
- Duke Road (5)
- East Tallagandra Lane (23)
- Federal Highway (50)
- Federal Highway Service Road (41)
- Fernloff Road (1)
- Gambell Road (1)
- Ginninderra Road (19)
- Goolabri Drive (40)
- Goorooyarroo Lane (5)
- Guise Street (17)
- Harcourt Close (12)
- Hickey Road (14)
- Ironbark Lane (2)
- Kiaora Lane (4)
- Lintott Lane (14)
- Macs Reef Road (1)
- Majura Lane (26)
- Malian Road (1)
- Mcinnes Lane (6)
- Mckeahnie Lane (8)
- Middle Street (18)
- Moorong Street (10)
- Mulligans Flat Road (39)
- North Street (10)
- Old Federal Highway (7)
- Old Gold Mines Road (16)
- Quartz Street (20)
- Read Road (32)
- Rowley Lane (6)
- Rowley Road (10)
- Songlark Lane (4)
- Sutton Road (93)
- Tallagandra Lane (50)
- Tintinhull Road (4)
- Vaughan Drive (16)
- Victoria Street (39)
- Wattle Flat Road (16)
- West Street (2)
- Westmead Lane (8)
- Williams Lane (3)
- Woodbury Drive (33)
- Woodfield Road (6)
