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Windale NSW 2306

1,756 addresses · 52 streets

Shortland Electorate › Lake Macquarie LGA › Windale · 107 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Windale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,421 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $775 a week, with median rent near $186 a week. Most homes are houses. About 19% of households own their home and 80% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

3,421Population
37Median age
$775Median household income / wk
$186Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Mount Hutton - Windale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Windale itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Cardiff, 5.9 km north · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 8.7 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 17.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Windale

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

Tree cover measures, Windale NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202017.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202159.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 13.8% · Labour-force participation 34.5%

Population by age in Windale
Population by age, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4229
5-14526
15-19213
20-24189
25-34457
35-44380
45-54422
55-64426
65-74353
75-84186
85+42
Dwelling types in Windale
Dwelling types, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House987
Townhouse224
Apartment108
Other0
Households by weekly income in Windale
Households by weekly income, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650493
$650-1,499435
$1,500-2,999216
$3,000+73
Top ancestries in Windale
Top ancestries, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian1,484
English1,258
Aboriginal503
Ancestry NS461
Irish239
Scottish227
Housing tenure in Windale
Housing tenure, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned99
Mortgage146
Rented1,033
Other12
Cars per household in Windale
Cars per household, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0271
1617
2277
372
4+42
Commute to work in Windale
Commute to work, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car542
Train0
Bus18
Tram/ferry0
Walked14
Bicycle5
Home55
Top countries of birth in Windale
Top countries of birth, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England41
New Zealand23
Philippines14
Germany10
India10
Thailand7
Languages used at home in Windale
Languages used at home, Windale NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese13
Australian Indigenous11
Arabic10
Italian9
Tagalog9
Thai7

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

44,568 bird observations recorded near Windale — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Windale

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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Streets

Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.