Wootton NSW 2423
219 addresses · 17 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Wootton · 202 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wootton is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 228 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Forster-Tuncurry Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wootton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, 19.4 km north-east.
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: 75.2% 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 | 75.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 42%
Population by age in Wootton
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 64 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Wootton
| House | 103 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wootton
| <$650 | 30 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Wootton
| Australian | 93 |
|---|---|
| English | 88 |
| Irish | 33 |
| Ancestry NS | 28 |
| Scottish | 26 |
| Other | 12 |
Housing tenure in Wootton
| Owned | 56 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Wootton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 45 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Wootton
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 24 |
Top countries of birth in Wootton
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| Japan | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
533 bird observations recorded near Wootton — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (36)
- Laughing Kookaburra (26)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (25)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (24)
- Southern Magpie-lark (22)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (20)
- Australian Wood Duck (19)
- Grey Fantail (19)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (19)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (19)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (19)
- Australian Magpie (18)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (18)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wootton
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (18)
- Common Myna (17)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (17)
- Noisy Friarbird (16)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (16)
- Black-shouldered Kite (15)
- Eastern Whipbird (15)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (15)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (15)
- Superb Fairy-wren (15)
- Tawny Frogmouth (15)
- Cattle Egret (13)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (13)
- White-browed Scrubwren (13)
- Eastern Galah (12)
- Satin Bowerbird (12)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (12)
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 Wootton:
- Topi Topi (6.3 km)
- Mayers Flat (9 km)
- Coolongolook (10.6 km)
- Wallingat (10.7 km)
- Boolambayte (11.4 km)
- Markwell (12.6 km)
- Coomba Bay (12.8 km)
- Shallow Bay (13 km)
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Streets
- Bachelor Forest Road (2)
- Bachelor Road (4)
- Elmar Road (4)
- Ferny Creek Road (19)
- Herivels Road (14)
- Hubbards Road N (6)
- Kennedys Gap Road (1)
- Muxlows Road (1)
- Newmans Road (52)
- Pacific Highway (5)
- Possum Pie Road (5)
- Rocks Crossing Trail (2)
- Squires Road (14)
- Wattley Hill Road (47)
- Wootton Way (32)
- Worth Lane (2)
- Worth Street (9)
