Avoca NSW 2577
93 addresses · 9 streets
Whitlam Electorate › Wingecarribee LGA › Avoca · 106 km from Sydney
Living Here
Avoca is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 208 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 4% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Robertson - Fitzroy Falls statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Avoca itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Moss Vale, 10.7 km north-west · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 29.4 km 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: 14.6% 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 | 14.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 24.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.9% · Labour-force participation 61.5%
Population by age in Avoca
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 27 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 37 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Avoca
| House | 69 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Avoca
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Avoca
| Australian | 82 |
|---|---|
| English | 80 |
| Scottish | 34 |
| Irish | 32 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Other | 12 |
Housing tenure in Avoca
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 30 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Avoca
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Avoca
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 26 |
Top countries of birth in Avoca
| Scotland | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Avoca
| Indonesian | 4 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,454 bird observations recorded near Avoca — most often seen:
- Australian Wood Duck (167)
- Australian Magpie (155)
- Crimson Rosella (133)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (121)
- Pied Currawong (118)
- Noisy Miner (108)
- Magpie-lark (103)
- Laughing Kookaburra (102)
- Pacific Black Duck (94)
- Australian Raven (93)
- Australian King-parrot (87)
- Australian Pelican (81)
- Eastern Rosella (79)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Avoca
- Galah (75)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (74)
- Satin Bowerbird (70)
- Eurasian Coot (62)
- Australian White Ibis (61)
- Welcome Swallow (61)
- Grey Butcherbird (60)
- Eastern Spinebill (59)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (59)
- Black Swan (58)
- Eurasian Blackbird (57)
- Little Pied Cormorant (56)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (55)
- Eastern Whipbird (53)
- Little Black Cormorant (52)
- Common Starling (51)
- Little Raven (50)
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 Avoca:
- Burrawang (4.2 km)
- Wildes Meadow (4.9 km)
- Fitzroy Falls (5.4 km)
- Manchester Square (6.7 km)
- Glenquarry (7.8 km)
- Kangaloon (8 km)
- Werai (10.1 km)
- Moss Vale (10.4 km)
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Streets
- Bodycotts Lane (2)
- Bresnahans Lane (6)
- Clearys Lane (1)
- Cloud Lane (1)
- Illawarra Highway (12)
- Sheepwash Road (36)
- Walkers Lane (16)
- Walkers Road (18)
- Wildes Meadow Road (1)
