Wolgan Valley NSW 2790
28 addresses · 1 street
Calare Electorate › Lithgow LGA › Wolgan Valley · 120 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wolgan Valley is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 71 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $4,999 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Indian. 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 Lithgow Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wolgan Valley 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: 76.9% 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 | 76.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 82.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 82.8%
Population by age in Wolgan Valley
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 20 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wolgan Valley
| House | 4 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wolgan Valley
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Wolgan Valley
| English | 21 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 16 |
| Other | 8 |
| Indian | 6 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Chinese | 4 |
Housing tenure in Wolgan Valley
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Commute to work in Wolgan Valley
| Car | 8 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 31 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Wolgan Valley
| India | 7 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Malaysia | 3 |
Languages used at home in Wolgan Valley
| Hindi | 6 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 5 |
| Cantonese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,703 bird observations recorded near Wolgan Valley — most often seen:
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (88)
- Welcome Swallow (85)
- Superb Fairy-wren (83)
- Australian Magpie (81)
- Australian Raven (76)
- Laughing Kookaburra (76)
- White-throated Treecreeper (73)
- Willie Wagtail (71)
- Pied Currawong (70)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (64)
- Jacky Winter (63)
- Australian Wood Duck (59)
- Noisy Friarbird (54)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wolgan Valley
- White-naped Honeyeater (54)
- Spotted Pardalote (53)
- Magpie-lark (50)
- Superb Lyrebird (50)
- Masked Lapwing (49)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (47)
- Noisy Miner (46)
- Red-browed Finch (46)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (46)
- Brown Thornbill (44)
- White-winged Chough (44)
- Crimson Rosella (43)
- Grey Fantail (43)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (38)
- New Holland Honeyeater (36)
- White-browed Scrubwren (36)
- Eastern Spinebill (35)
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 Wolgan Valley:
- Newnes (11.5 km)
- Springvale (11.7 km)
- Cullen Bullen (12.2 km)
- Ben Bullen (12.6 km)
- Blackmans Flat (14.6 km)
- Glen Davis (15.2 km)
- Lidsdale (15.3 km)
- Portland (19 km)
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Streets
- Wolgan Road (28)