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Wallsend NSW 2287

7,636 addresses · 179 streets

Newcastle Electorate › Newcastle LGA › Wallsend · 116 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Wallsend is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 13,244 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,401 a week, with median rent near $375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 60% of households own their home and 37% 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.

13,244Population
39Median age
$1,401Median household income / wk
$375Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Wallsend - Elermore Vale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wallsend itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Warabrook, 3.9 km north-east · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 8.4 km east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 18.2 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 31.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Wallsend

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

Tree cover measures, Wallsend NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202031.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202148.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 57.3%

Population by age in Wallsend
Population by age, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4713
5-141,349
15-19688
20-241,058
25-342,091
35-441,580
45-541,464
55-641,538
65-741,308
75-84885
85+568
Dwelling types in Wallsend
Dwelling types, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House4,081
Townhouse890
Apartment252
Other23
Households by weekly income in Wallsend
Households by weekly income, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6501,079
$650-1,4991,531
$1,500-2,9991,562
$3,000+738
Top ancestries in Wallsend
Top ancestries, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian5,185
English5,168
Scottish1,421
Irish1,287
Other1,259
Aboriginal790
Housing tenure in Wallsend
Housing tenure, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,542
Mortgage1,577
Rented1,929
Other129
Cars per household in Wallsend
Cars per household, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0463
12,047
21,849
3550
4+280
Commute to work in Wallsend
Commute to work, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car3,619
Train0
Bus78
Tram/ferry5
Walked91
Bicycle23
Home1,060
Top countries of birth in Wallsend
Top countries of birth, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England225
China142
India127
Philippines114
New Zealand110
North Macedonia65
Languages used at home in Wallsend
Languages used at home, Wallsend NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin178
Macedonian122
Arabic120
Urdu63
Bengali58
Korean57

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

80,220 bird observations recorded near Wallsend — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Wallsend

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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