Attunga NSW 2345
278 addresses · 25 streets
New England Electorate › Tamworth Regional LGA › Attunga · 330 km from Sydney
Living Here
Attunga is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 542 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,428 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Tamworth Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Attunga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 post office
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Tamworth Regional Airport, 18 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: 19.2% 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 | 19.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 25.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 66.4%
Population by age in Attunga
| 0-4 | 34 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 70 |
| 15-19 | 32 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 56 |
| 35-44 | 74 |
| 45-54 | 79 |
| 55-64 | 73 |
| 65-74 | 74 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Attunga
| House | 207 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Attunga
| <$650 | 30 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 74 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 67 |
| $3,000+ | 30 |
Top ancestries in Attunga
| English | 236 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 229 |
| Scottish | 90 |
| Irish | 49 |
| Aboriginal | 42 |
| Ancestry NS | 35 |
Housing tenure in Attunga
| Owned | 85 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 92 |
| Rented | 26 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Attunga
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 62 |
| 2 | 89 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 20 |
Commute to work in Attunga
| Car | 181 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 51 |
Top countries of birth in Attunga
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| India | 3 |
Languages used at home in Attunga
| Australian Indigenous | 6 |
|---|---|
| French | 5 |
| Malayalam | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
637 bird observations recorded near Attunga — most often seen:
- Galah (44)
- Common Starling (39)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (38)
- Australian Magpie (37)
- Common Myna (33)
- Crested Pigeon (33)
- Magpie-lark (28)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (28)
- Willie Wagtail (27)
- House Sparrow (26)
- Superb Fairy-wren (25)
- Little Corella (21)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Attunga
- Red-rumped Parrot (19)
- Mistletoebird (17)
- Nankeen Kestrel (17)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (17)
- Australian Raven (16)
- Brown Honeyeater (16)
- Welcome Swallow (15)
- Dollarbird (14)
- Australian King-parrot (13)
- Australian Wood Duck (13)
- Pied Butcherbird (13)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (12)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (12)
- Noisy Friarbird (11)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- Red-backed Kingfisher (11)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (10)
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 Attunga:
- Appleby (4.6 km)
- Garthowen (7.7 km)
- Gidley (8.8 km)
- Hallsville (12.1 km)
- Bective (12.5 km)
- Wallamore (12.9 km)
- Moore Creek (13.8 km)
- Klori (14.5 km)
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Streets
- Attunga Forest Road (5)
- Attunga Street (64)
- Balcarry Lane (4)
- Bennetts Lane (3)
- Boomerang Street (3)
- Claremont Park Lane (2)
- Cross Street (3)
- Dam Flat Road (4)
- Garthowen Road (6)
- Inlet Road (16)
- Kaytoun Road (4)
- Kimo Street (10)
- Lower Somerton Road (9)
- Magnesite Road (1)
- Manilla Road (45)
- Mcknights Road (5)
- Murchisons Lane (1)
- Neal Lane (9)
- Palmer Street (9)
- Railway Street (1)
- Reservoir Street (1)
- Ridge Street (47)
- Shorters Lane (2)
- Sulcor Road (4)
- Top Somerton Road (20)
