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Telarah NSW 2320

1,279 addresses · 36 streets

Paterson Electorate › Maitland LGA › Telarah · 131 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Telarah is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,318 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,311 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

2,318Population
36Median age
$1,311Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Maitland - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Telarah itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Telarah, 650 m north-east · Railway halt: East Greta Junction, 1.1 km south · Airport: Maitland Airport, 4.9 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 7.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Telarah

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Telarah NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20207.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202118.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.4% · Labour-force participation 58.8%

Population by age in Telarah
Population by age, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4134
5-14283
15-19130
20-24177
25-34384
35-44301
45-54263
55-64267
65-74239
75-84104
85+42
Dwelling types in Telarah
Dwelling types, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House862
Townhouse59
Apartment43
Other0
Households by weekly income in Telarah
Households by weekly income, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650193
$650-1,499323
$1,500-2,999300
$3,000+74
Top ancestries in Telarah
Top ancestries, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian1,062
English1,005
Irish301
Scottish245
Aboriginal222
Ancestry NS135
Housing tenure in Telarah
Housing tenure, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned272
Mortgage367
Rented308
Other4
Cars per household in Telarah
Cars per household, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
076
1380
2338
3110
4+44
Commute to work in Telarah
Commute to work, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car687
Train8
Bus8
Tram/ferry0
Walked24
Bicycle0
Home124
Top countries of birth in Telarah
Top countries of birth, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England25
New Zealand20
Philippines13
Germany10
United States9
Ireland5
Languages used at home in Telarah
Languages used at home, Telarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Samoan8
Australian Indigenous5
Polish5
Tagalog5
Italian4
Filipino4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

48,654 bird observations recorded near Telarah — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Telarah

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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