Watton NSW 2795
33 addresses · 1 street
Calare Electorate › Bathurst Regional LGA › Watton · 177 km from Sydney
Living Here
Watton is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 63 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,583 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% 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 Bathurst Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Watton 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: 36.4% 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 | 36.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 57.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Watton
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Watton
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Watton
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Watton
| English | 38 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 27 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Aboriginal | 5 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Scottish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Watton
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Watton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Watton
| Car | 29 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Watton
| New Zealand | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
272 bird observations recorded near Watton — most often seen:
- Pied Currawong (23)
- Australian Magpie (21)
- Galah (16)
- Crimson Rosella (14)
- Australian Raven (12)
- White-winged Chough (12)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (11)
- Diamond Firetail (10)
- Eastern Spinebill (10)
- Noisy Friarbird (10)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
- Double-barred Finch (9)
- Laughing Kookaburra (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Watton
- Superb Fairy-wren (9)
- Australian Wood Duck (8)
- Striated Pardalote (8)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (7)
- Crested Shrike-tit (7)
- White-throated Treecreeper (7)
- Common Bronzewing (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
- Rufous Whistler (6)
- Spotted Pardalote (6)
- Welcome Swallow (6)
- Brown Thornbill (5)
- Grey Butcherbird (5)
- Grey Fantail (5)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
- Silvereye (5)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (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 Watton:
- Billywillinga (2.6 km)
- Milkers Flat (3.3 km)
- Rock Forest (6 km)
- Freemantle (6.2 km)
- Mount Rankin (8.6 km)
- Killongbutta (11.1 km)
- Dunkeld (12.4 km)
- The Rocks (13 km)
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Streets
- Freemantle Road (33)