Back Creek NSW 2484
25 addresses · 2 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Back Creek · 636 km from Sydney
Living Here
Back Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 27 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 0% of households own their home and 100% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 13.8% 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 | 13.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.6% |
Demographics
Population by age in Back Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Back Creek
| House | 3 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Back Creek
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Back Creek
| English | 14 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Back Creek
| Owned | 0 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Back Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Back Creek
| Car | 6 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,562 bird observations recorded near Back Creek — most often seen:
- Australian Brush-turkey (686)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (382)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (303)
- Eastern Whipbird (293)
- Laughing Kookaburra (222)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (220)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (214)
- Brown Thornbill (205)
- Grey Fantail (195)
- White-throated Treecreeper (180)
- Australian King-parrot (166)
- Australian Logrunner (165)
- White-headed Pigeon (165)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Back Creek
- Pied Currawong (159)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (159)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (156)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (137)
- Brown Gerygone (136)
- White-browed Scrubwren (132)
- Wonga Pigeon (126)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (124)
- Red-browed Finch (123)
- Spotted Pardalote (121)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (120)
- Black-faced Monarch (117)
- Paradise Riflebird (116)
- Topknot Pigeon (114)
- Torresian Crow (112)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (109)
- Cicadabird (105)
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:
- Brays Creek (2.2 km)
- Pumpenbil (3.4 km)
- Tyalgum (6.3 km)
- Tyalgum Creek (6.3 km)
- Cedar Creek (8.3 km)
- Byrrill Creek (8.6 km)
- Kunghur (10.5 km)
- Limpinwood (10.8 km)
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Streets
- Back Creek Road (20)
- Brays Creek Road (5)