Welby NSW 2575
416 addresses · 21 streets
Whitlam Electorate › Wingecarribee LGA › Welby · 96 km from Sydney
Living Here
Welby is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 764 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,357 a week, with median rent near $376 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mittagong statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Welby itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
2 doctors & medical clinics
2 dentists
2 physiotherapists
3 optometrists
2 libraries
1 post office
5 service stations
2 bakeries
1 butcher
2 hardware stores
2 beauty salons
2 mechanics
Getting around. Train station: Mittagong, 2.4 km south-east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 35.9 km east.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 79.4% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 58.4%
Population by age in Welby
| 0-4 | 42 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 91 |
| 15-19 | 52 |
| 20-24 | 55 |
| 25-34 | 74 |
| 35-44 | 82 |
| 45-54 | 108 |
| 55-64 | 109 |
| 65-74 | 88 |
| 75-84 | 44 |
| 85+ | 16 |
Dwelling types in Welby
| House | 283 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Welby
| <$650 | 63 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 84 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 74 |
| $3,000+ | 52 |
Top ancestries in Welby
| English | 356 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 301 |
| Scottish | 91 |
| Irish | 83 |
| Other | 70 |
| Ancestry NS | 45 |
Housing tenure in Welby
| Owned | 107 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 89 |
| Rented | 94 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Welby
| 0 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 102 |
| 2 | 102 |
| 3 | 38 |
| 4+ | 31 |
Commute to work in Welby
| Car | 233 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 53 |
Top countries of birth in Welby
| England | 37 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 5 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Nepal | 4 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 |
| Scotland | 4 |
Languages used at home in Welby
| Spanish | 9 |
|---|---|
| Nepali | 7 |
| Thai | 6 |
| French | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
20,449 bird observations recorded near Welby — most often seen:
- Australian Wood Duck (1,226)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,073)
- Crimson Rosella (1,063)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (1,057)
- Australian Magpie (1,011)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (977)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (856)
- Pied Currawong (845)
- Laughing Kookaburra (728)
- Dusky Moorhen (687)
- Eurasian Coot (686)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (644)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (640)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Welby
- Little Raven (632)
- Red Wattlebird (622)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (575)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (574)
- Brown Thornbill (558)
- Magpie-lark (557)
- Eastern Spinebill (537)
- Australian King-parrot (528)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (516)
- Noisy Miner (506)
- Common Myna (495)
- Grey Fantail (491)
- Australian Raven (490)
- White-throated Treecreeper (483)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (477)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (459)
- Superb Fairy-wren (456)
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Streets
- Bendooley Street (20)
- Berrima Lane (18)
- Berrima Street (36)
- Bowral Lane (10)
- Bowral Street (48)
- Cobb Lane (4)
- Colo Lane (5)
- Colo Street (27)
- Currockbilly Street (24)
- Hume Highway (1)
- Jellore Street (12)
- Joadja Street (64)
- Kell Crescent (20)
- Mandemar Street (7)
- Meranie Street (32)
- Mittagong Street (42)
- Old Hume Highway (30)
- Short Street (4)
- Snowden Street (1)
- Welby Park Place (9)
- White Waratah Place (2)