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Wolli Creek NSW 2205

7,065 addresses · 20 streets

Barton Electorate › Bayside LGA › Wolli Creek · 9 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Wolli Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 10,654 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $2,163 a week, with median rent near $540 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 35% of households own their home and 64% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Chinese, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

10,654Population
30Median age
$2,163Median household income / wk
$540Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Arncliffe - Bardwell Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wolli Creek itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Wolli Creek, 250 m north · Metro station: Marrickville, 1.9 km north · Light rail stop: Dulwich Hill, 2.6 km north-west · Bus interchange: UTS Shuttle Bus, 4.4 km east · Ferry wharf: Blackwattle Bay Wharf, 7.2 km north-east · Airport: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, 3.1 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 13.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Wolli Creek

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

Tree cover measures, Wolli Creek NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202013.1%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 201913.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202115.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 69.8%

Population by age in Wolli Creek
Population by age, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4543
5-14308
15-19169
20-241,360
25-344,971
35-441,940
45-54593
55-64427
65-74244
75-8483
85+6
Dwelling types in Wolli Creek
Dwelling types, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House34
Townhouse8
Apartment4,518
Other0
Households by weekly income in Wolli Creek
Households by weekly income, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650424
$650-1,499876
$1,500-2,9991,829
$3,000+1,229
Top ancestries in Wolli Creek
Top ancestries, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Chinese3,777
Other3,194
English985
Ancestry NS812
Australian701
Filipino347
Housing tenure in Wolli Creek
Housing tenure, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned328
Mortgage1,257
Rented2,895
Other63
Cars per household in Wolli Creek
Cars per household, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
01,289
12,577
2571
366
4+18
Commute to work in Wolli Creek
Commute to work, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,251
Train916
Bus43
Tram/ferry0
Walked94
Bicycle30
Home2,852
Top countries of birth in Wolli Creek
Top countries of birth, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
China2,155
Indonesia457
Brazil389
Hong Kong282
Philippines278
India262
Languages used at home in Wolli Creek
Languages used at home, Wolli Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin2,314
Cantonese678
Spanish544
Indonesian414
Portuguese365
Vietnamese291

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

278,569 bird observations recorded near Wolli Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Wolli Creek

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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