Torryburn NSW 2421
88 addresses · 5 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Torryburn · 159 km from Sydney
Living Here
Torryburn is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 131 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Torryburn itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hardware store
Getting around. Train station: Martins Creek, 10.5 km south-east · Airport: Maitland Airport, 26.3 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: 13.3% 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 | 13.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.5% · Labour-force participation 61.8%
Population by age in Torryburn
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 29 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Torryburn
| House | 48 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Torryburn
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Torryburn
| Australian | 63 |
|---|---|
| English | 44 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Aboriginal | 11 |
| German | 11 |
Housing tenure in Torryburn
| Owned | 24 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Torryburn
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Torryburn
| Car | 35 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Torryburn
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
243 bird observations recorded near Torryburn — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (24)
- Australian Wood Duck (15)
- Australian Raven (11)
- Australian King-parrot (9)
- Crimson Rosella (9)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (9)
- Willie Wagtail (9)
- Galah (8)
- Laughing Kookaburra (8)
- Magpie-lark (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Superb Fairy-wren (8)
- Welcome Swallow (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Torryburn
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (7)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (7)
- Eastern Australian Raven (7)
- Eastern Galah (7)
- Masked Lapwing (7)
- Noisy Miner (7)
- Straw-necked Ibis (7)
- White-faced Heron (7)
- Dusky Moorhen (6)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (6)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (6)
- Little Corella (6)
- Nankeen Kestrel (6)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (6)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (6)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (6)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (5)
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 Torryburn:
- Fishers Hill (3.9 km)
- Lewinsbrook (4.4 km)
- East Gresford (5.5 km)
- Summer Hill (5.8 km)
- Gresford (6.8 km)
- Vacy (7.1 km)
- Hilldale (7.7 km)
- Wallaringa (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Breckin Close (4)
- Fisher Hill Road (6)
- Fishers Hill Road (7)
- Gresford Road (27)
- Torryburn Road (44)
