Back Creek NSW 2422
19 addresses · 2 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Back Creek · 226 km from Sydney
Living Here
Back Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 20 people, with a median age of 62. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Gloucester, 8.7 km south-west · Airport: Taree Airport, 44.9 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: 16.3% 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 | 16.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 20% · Labour-force participation 52.6%
Population by age in Back Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Back Creek
| House | 11 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Back Creek
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Back Creek
| English | 15 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Back Creek
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Back Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Back Creek
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
170 bird observations recorded near Back Creek — most often seen:
- Eastern Rosella (18)
- Satin Bowerbird (16)
- Australian Magpie (11)
- Australian King-parrot (10)
- Common Myna (7)
- Crimson Rosella (7)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (7)
- Superb Fairy-wren (7)
- Magpie-lark (6)
- Peaceful Dove (6)
- Green Catbird (5)
- Pied Butcherbird (5)
- Australian Raven (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Back Creek
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (4)
- Eastern Spinebill (4)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (4)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (4)
- Noisy Friarbird (4)
- Noisy Miner (4)
- Welcome Swallow (4)
- White-browed Scrubwren (4)
- White-browed Woodswallow (4)
- Willie Wagtail (4)
- Australian Brush-turkey (3)
- Australian Wood Duck (3)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (3)
- Brown Quail (3)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (3)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (3)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (3)
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 Back Creek:
- Tugrabakh (3.8 km)
- Bulliac (4.6 km)
- Bakers Creek (6.1 km)
- Kia Ora (6.8 km)
- Mograni (7.2 km)
- Gangat (7.5 km)
- Gloucester (9.9 km)
- Bundook (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Bundook Road (1)
- Pitlochry Road (18)