Back Creek NSW 2622
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Eden-Monaro Electorate › Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA › Back Creek · 202 km from Sydney
Living Here
Back Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 7 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Braidwood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Back Creek itself.
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: 38.6% 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 | 38.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 77.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Back Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Back Creek
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Back Creek
| Australian | 6 |
|---|---|
| English | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Commute to work in Back Creek
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
271 bird observations recorded near Back Creek — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (18)
- Pied Currawong (17)
- Australian Raven (16)
- Crimson Rosella (14)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (14)
- Superb Fairy-wren (13)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (12)
- Laughing Kookaburra (12)
- White-eared Honeyeater (12)
- White-throated Treecreeper (12)
- Brown Thornbill (11)
- Red Wattlebird (11)
- Galah (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Back Creek
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (8)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (7)
- Grey Butcherbird (7)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Noisy Miner (7)
- White-winged Chough (7)
- Eastern Spinebill (6)
- Scarlet Robin (6)
- Striated Pardalote (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (5)
- Grey Fantail (5)
- New Holland Honeyeater (5)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (5)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (5)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (5)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (5)
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:
- Durran Durra (5.7 km)
- Mongarlowe (5.9 km)
- Charleys Forest (6 km)
- Marlowe (10.4 km)
- Budawang (10.9 km)
- Tomboye (13 km)
- Northangera (13.2 km)
- Wog Wog (13.7 km)
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Streets
- Back Creek Road (26)
