Araluen NSW 2622
253 addresses · 20 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA › Araluen · 234 km from Sydney
Living Here
Araluen is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 209 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,042 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Braidwood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Araluen itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Moruya Airport, 42.4 km south-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: 75.8% 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 | 75.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 80.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 55.2%
Population by age in Araluen
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 45 |
| 65-74 | 35 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Araluen
| House | 89 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Araluen
| <$650 | 22 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 42 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 24 |
Top ancestries in Araluen
| Australian | 90 |
|---|---|
| English | 84 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Other | 15 |
| Italian | 9 |
Housing tenure in Araluen
| Owned | 50 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 35 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Araluen
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 37 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Araluen
| Car | 57 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,830 bird observations recorded near Araluen — most often seen:
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (155)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (108)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (97)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (95)
- Eastern Australian Raven (93)
- Australian Wood Duck (89)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (88)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (83)
- Eastern Galah (73)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (68)
- Southern Magpie-lark (68)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (67)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (58)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Araluen
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (58)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (54)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (51)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (50)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (49)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (49)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (45)
- Common Starling (41)
- Eurasian Blackbird (39)
- Brown Thornbill (34)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (33)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (33)
- Diamond Firetail (32)
- Wonga Pigeon (32)
- Australian Magpie (30)
- Grey Fantail (29)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (29)
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 Araluen:
- Reidsdale (8.1 km)
- Neringla (9 km)
- Majors Creek (9.7 km)
- Merricumbene (12.4 km)
- Berlang (12.6 km)
- Jembaicumbene (13.3 km)
- Ballalaba (16.1 km)
- Bendoura (16.2 km)
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Streets
- Araluen Road (109)
- Byrne Lane (5)
- Byrnes Lane (5)
- Catholic Cemetery Road (13)
- Church Of England Cemetery Road (2)
- Del Ponte Lane (2)
- Dirty Butter Creek Road (21)
- Hospital Hill Road (18)
- Kellys Lane (3)
- Maher Lane (3)
- Main Road (3)
- Majors Creek Mountain Road (11)
- Naughton Close (9)
- Naughtons Close (9)
- Neringla Road (7)
- Quong Tart Close (9)
- Salvia Lane (7)
- Sawyers Ridge Road (9)
- Sun Cutting Road (2)
- Victoria Street (6)
