Arrawarra NSW 2456
1,884 addresses · 28 streets
Page Electorate › Coffs Harbour LGA › Arrawarra · 464 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Arrawarra is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 591 people, with a median age of 66. The typical household earns around $718 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Woolgoolga - Arrawarra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Arrawarra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 park
1 beach
1 pharmacy
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Coffs Harbour Regional Airport, 31.1 km south.
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: 66.2% 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 | 66.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.6% · Labour-force participation 31.4%
Population by age in Arrawarra
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 31 |
| 25-34 | 73 |
| 35-44 | 30 |
| 45-54 | 42 |
| 55-64 | 77 |
| 65-74 | 148 |
| 75-84 | 131 |
| 85+ | 29 |
Dwelling types in Arrawarra
| House | 238 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 55 |
Households by weekly income in Arrawarra
| <$650 | 115 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 111 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 27 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Arrawarra
| English | 296 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 161 |
| Irish | 80 |
| Other | 80 |
| Scottish | 63 |
| Ancestry NS | 46 |
Housing tenure in Arrawarra
| Owned | 229 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 45 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Arrawarra
| 0 | 17 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 191 |
| 2 | 59 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Arrawarra
| Car | 70 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 58 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Arrawarra
| England | 34 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 21 |
| Scotland | 10 |
| Malaysia | 8 |
| India | 6 |
| South Africa | 4 |
Languages used at home in Arrawarra
| Punjabi | 6 |
|---|---|
| Tagalog | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,102 bird observations recorded near Arrawarra — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (407)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (354)
- Laughing Kookaburra (284)
- Pacific Black Duck (259)
- Noisy Miner (231)
- Australian Magpie (226)
- Masked Lapwing (226)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (220)
- Silver Gull (212)
- Crested Tern (210)
- Little Wattlebird (207)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (199)
- White-faced Heron (196)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Arrawarra
- Willie Wagtail (195)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (194)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (178)
- Magpie-lark (176)
- Crested Pigeon (175)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (174)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (172)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (167)
- Australian Brush-turkey (166)
- Australian Wood Duck (166)
- Brahminy Kite (165)
- Welcome Swallow (165)
- Southern Magpie-lark (162)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (160)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (155)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (153)
- Pied Butcherbird (148)
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 Arrawarra:
- Arrawarra Headland (2.3 km)
- Corindi Beach (2.3 km)
- Mullaway (3.4 km)
- Safety Beach (5.3 km)
- Upper Corindi (6.2 km)
- Dirty Creek (7.3 km)
- Red Rock (7.3 km)
- Woolgoolga (7.4 km)
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Streets
- Arrawarra Beach Road (64)
- Beach Drive (12)
- Eggins Close (108)
- Eggins Drive (480)
- Ellem Close (10)
- Fairy Wren Close (2)
- First Avenue (2)
- Fourth Avenue (2)
- Grevillia Road (9)
- Hibiscus Road (19)
- Jacaranda Road (16)
- Kingfisher Court (4)
- Kingfisher Crescent (33)
- Kookaburra Close (4)
- Lagoon View (4)
- Lake Drive (11)
- Lorikeet Lane (23)
- Magnolia Road (26)
- Norfolk Close (18)
- Paradise Court (11)
- Quail Crescent (23)
- Rosella Lane (8)
- Rosella Place (6)
- Sandpiper Avenue (9)
- Second Avenue (6)
- Solitary Islands Way (952)
- Stringybark Drive (15)
- Third Avenue (7)
