Widden NSW 2328
28 addresses · 4 streets
Hunter Electorate › Muswellbrook LGA › Widden · 170 km from Sydney
Living Here
Widden is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 87 people, with a median age of 29. The typical household earns around $1,937 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 19% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Muswellbrook Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Widden 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: 83.6% 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 | 83.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 78.5%
Population by age in Widden
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 28 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Widden
| House | 31 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Widden
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Widden
| English | 34 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 19 |
| Irish | 18 |
| German | 6 |
| Other | 6 |
Housing tenure in Widden
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 15 |
Cars per household in Widden
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Widden
| Car | 42 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Widden
| Germany | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
218 bird observations recorded near Widden — most often seen:
- Noisy Friarbird (12)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (12)
- Rufous Whistler (11)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (10)
- Regent Honeyeater (9)
- Australian Magpie (8)
- Australian Wood Duck (8)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (8)
- Welcome Swallow (8)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (7)
- Common Bronzewing (7)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (7)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Widden
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Willie Wagtail (7)
- Australian Raven (6)
- Common Starling (6)
- Double-barred Finch (6)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (6)
- Eastern White-winged Chough (6)
- Grey Butcherbird (6)
- Grey Fantail (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
- Pied Butcherbird (6)
- Pied Currawong (6)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (6)
- Spotted Pardalote (6)
- Weebill (6)
- White-faced Heron (6)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (6)
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 Widden:
- Baerami Creek (8.7 km)
- Kerrabee (11 km)
- Baerami (15.3 km)
- Murrumbo (16.3 km)
- Upper Bylong (21.6 km)
- Lee Creek (22.3 km)
- Yarrawa (22.8 km)
- Nullo Mountain (24.3 km)
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Streets
- Bylong Valley Way (6)
- Emu Creek Road (1)
- Myrtle Gully Road (1)
- Widden Valley Road (20)