Waitui NSW 2443
52 addresses · 4 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Waitui · 273 km from Sydney
Living Here
Waitui is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 89 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,274 a week, with median rent near $325 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Taree Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Waitui itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 84.5% 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 | 84.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 93.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 48.1%
Population by age in Waitui
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Waitui
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Waitui
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Waitui
| English | 40 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 36 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Italian | 7 |
| Polish | 6 |
Housing tenure in Waitui
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Waitui
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Waitui
| Car | 21 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Waitui
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,083 bird observations recorded near Waitui — most often seen:
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (53)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (51)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (43)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (42)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (42)
- Australian Torresian Crow (41)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (40)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (40)
- Eastern Whipbird (38)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (38)
- Southern Brown Gerygone (38)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (37)
- Southern Magpie-lark (37)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waitui
- Grey Fantail (36)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (34)
- Wonga Pigeon (34)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (33)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (33)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (33)
- White-throated Treecreeper (33)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (32)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (32)
- Laughing Kookaburra (32)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (32)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (32)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (31)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (30)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (30)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (28)
- Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove (28)
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 Waitui:
- Hannam Vale (3.4 km)
- Kerewong (5.3 km)
- Lorne (5.5 km)
- Stewarts River (7.9 km)
- Upper Lansdowne (9 km)
- Lansdowne (9.7 km)
- Langley Vale (10.3 km)
- Batar Creek (11.7 km)
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Streets
- Cherry Tree Lane (7)
- Steinmetz Close (6)
- Timber Ridge Road (1)
- Waitui Road (38)