Sweetmans Creek NSW 2325
39 addresses · 2 streets
Hunter Electorate › Cessnock LGA › Sweetmans Creek · 109 km from Sydney
Living Here
Sweetmans Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 44 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $305 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Scottish, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cessnock Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sweetmans Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Cessnock Airport, 18.5 km north-east.
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: 75.9% 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 | 75.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.8% |
Demographics
Population by age in Sweetmans Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Sweetmans Creek
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sweetmans Creek
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Sweetmans Creek
| English | 25 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 13 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Australian | 11 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
Housing tenure in Sweetmans Creek
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Sweetmans Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Sweetmans Creek
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Sweetmans Creek
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,068 bird observations recorded near Sweetmans Creek — most often seen:
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (84)
- White-throated Treecreeper (68)
- Grey Fantail (62)
- Brown Thornbill (48)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (47)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (46)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (46)
- Spotted Pardalote (46)
- Striated Thornbill (44)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (43)
- White-naped Honeyeater (43)
- Superb Lyrebird (41)
- Regent Honeyeater (37)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sweetmans Creek
- Golden Whistler (36)
- Eastern Whipbird (29)
- Noisy Friarbird (29)
- Pied Currawong (28)
- Silvereye (28)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (27)
- Eastern Spinebill (26)
- Laughing Kookaburra (26)
- White-browed Scrubwren (25)
- Olive-backed Oriole (23)
- Wonga Pigeon (22)
- Southern Boobook (20)
- Australian King-parrot (19)
- Brown Gerygone (19)
- Rufous Whistler (19)
- Superb Fairy-wren (19)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (18)
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 Sweetmans Creek:
- Cedar Creek (4.7 km)
- Corrabare (5.6 km)
- Narone Creek (5.8 km)
- Millfield (6.7 km)
- Wollombi (7.1 km)
- Greta Main (8.4 km)
- Paxton (9.2 km)
- Paynes Crossing (9.2 km)
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Streets
- Sweetmans Creek Road (6)
- Wollombi Road (33)
