Tuggerawong NSW 2259
691 addresses · 13 streets
Dobell Electorate › Central Coast LGA › Tuggerawong · 70 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Tuggerawong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,285 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,477 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tuggerawong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 supermarkets
2 Catholic churches
2 pharmacies
2 doctors & medical clinics
1 optometrist
1 library
1 post office
4 service stations
1 playground
1 dog park
1 butcher
3 hardware stores
1 mechanic
Getting around. Train station: Warnervale, 4.7 km north-west · Airport: Somersby Airfield, 19.2 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: 48.3% 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 | 48.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 57%
Population by age in Tuggerawong
| 0-4 | 78 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 159 |
| 15-19 | 61 |
| 20-24 | 71 |
| 25-34 | 153 |
| 35-44 | 141 |
| 45-54 | 171 |
| 55-64 | 198 |
| 65-74 | 133 |
| 75-84 | 86 |
| 85+ | 27 |
Dwelling types in Tuggerawong
| House | 421 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 20 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 35 |
Households by weekly income in Tuggerawong
| <$650 | 103 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 128 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 143 |
| $3,000+ | 86 |
Top ancestries in Tuggerawong
| Australian | 565 |
|---|---|
| English | 532 |
| Scottish | 135 |
| Irish | 131 |
| Aboriginal | 88 |
| Ancestry NS | 66 |
Housing tenure in Tuggerawong
| Owned | 163 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 167 |
| Rented | 126 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Tuggerawong
| 0 | 28 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 165 |
| 2 | 153 |
| 3 | 78 |
| 4+ | 47 |
Commute to work in Tuggerawong
| Car | 329 |
|---|---|
| Train | 4 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 118 |
Top countries of birth in Tuggerawong
| England | 43 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 28 |
| Philippines | 12 |
| Scotland | 10 |
| South Korea | 7 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
Languages used at home in Tuggerawong
| Korean | 7 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 6 |
| Mandarin | 5 |
| Tagalog | 5 |
| French | 4 |
| Italian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,877 bird observations recorded near Tuggerawong — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,756)
- Australian Magpie (1,121)
- Noisy Miner (896)
- Australian Pelican (835)
- Masked Lapwing (820)
- Black Swan (750)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (669)
- Laughing Kookaburra (660)
- White-faced Heron (657)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (634)
- Magpie-lark (619)
- Australian Wood Duck (615)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (585)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tuggerawong
- Common Myna (584)
- Great Egret (567)
- Little Pied Cormorant (564)
- Southern Noisy Miner (555)
- Pacific Black Duck (531)
- Australian Raven (529)
- Superb Fairy-wren (489)
- Birds (477)
- Chestnut Teal (477)
- Eastern Australian Raven (458)
- Crested Pigeon (455)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (440)
- Galah (434)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (434)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (430)
- Little Black Cormorant (423)
- Australasian Darter (413)
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 Tuggerawong:
- Wyongah (1.5 km)
- Rocky Point (1.6 km)
- Tacoma (1.9 km)
- Wadalba (2 km)
- Tacoma South (2.3 km)
- Kanwal (2.4 km)
- Hamlyn Terrace (3.1 km)
- Gorokan (3.9 km)
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Streets
- Cadonia Road (222)
- February Street (2)
- Friday Street (8)
- January Street (9)
- March Street (5)
- Monday Street (3)
- Palmer Street (1)
- Saturday Street (16)
- Thursday Street (4)
- Tuesday Street (3)
- Tuggerawong Road (373)
- Warner Avenue (44)
- Wednesday Street (1)
