Watagan NSW 2325
150 addresses · 9 streets
Hunter Electorate › Cessnock LGA › Watagan · 95 km from Sydney
Living Here
Watagan is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 37 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $675 a week, with median rent near $375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% 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.
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: 80.7% 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 | 80.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 89.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 39.3%
Population by age in Watagan
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Watagan
| House | 20 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Watagan
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Watagan
| English | 22 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 11 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Dutch | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Watagan
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Watagan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Watagan
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Watagan
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
807 bird observations recorded near Watagan — most often seen:
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (48)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (40)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (39)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (36)
- Noisy Friarbird (33)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (33)
- Pacific Black Duck (32)
- Wonga Pigeon (32)
- Grey Fantail (31)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (29)
- White-throated Treecreeper (28)
- White-naped Honeyeater (27)
- Australian Magpie (26)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Watagan
- Lewin's Honeyeater (25)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (25)
- Superb Lyrebird (24)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (23)
- Laughing Kookaburra (23)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (22)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (22)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (22)
- Superb Fairy-wren (22)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (21)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (21)
- Eastern Spinebill (21)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (21)
- Southern Boobook (21)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (20)
- Regent Honeyeater (20)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (20)
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 Watagan:
- Milsons Arm (3.8 km)
- Dairy Arm (4.4 km)
- Murrays Run (8.8 km)
- Narone Creek (9.1 km)
- Congewai (9.2 km)
- Fernances Crossing (9.6 km)
- Wollombi (10.4 km)
- Corrabare (11 km)
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Streets
- Crump Lane (11)
- Dogwood Road (6)
- Higgens Road (1)
- Lynch Private Access (9)
- Lynch Road (9)
- Swamp Hen Private Access (7)
- Swamp Hen Road (7)
- Tilley Lane (3)
- Watagan Creek Road (97)