Backwater NSW 2365
28 addresses · 7 streets
New England Electorate › Armidale Regional LGA › Backwater · 430 km from Sydney
Living Here
Backwater is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 19 people, with a median age of 64. The typical household earns around $900 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Armidale Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Backwater 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: 60.1% 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 | 60.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 68.1% |
Demographics
Population by age in Backwater
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 4 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Backwater
| House | 8 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Backwater
| English | 11 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 3 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Housing tenure in Backwater
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Backwater
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
926 bird observations recorded near Backwater — most often seen:
- Crimson Rosella (52)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (51)
- Pied Currawong (50)
- Australian Magpie (49)
- White-throated Treecreeper (49)
- Superb Lyrebird (45)
- Brown Thornbill (43)
- White-browed Scrubwren (42)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (40)
- Rufous Whistler (40)
- Grey Fantail (32)
- Laughing Kookaburra (32)
- New Holland Honeyeater (32)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Backwater
- Eastern Spinebill (30)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (29)
- Red Wattlebird (27)
- White-eared Honeyeater (26)
- White-naped Honeyeater (26)
- Spotted Pardalote (23)
- Southern Boobook (22)
- Eastern Rosella (21)
- Striated Thornbill (21)
- Forest Raven (19)
- Grey Butcherbird (19)
- Scarlet Robin (19)
- Willie Wagtail (19)
- Australian Wood Duck (18)
- Tawny Frogmouth (18)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- Superb Fairy-wren (16)
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 Backwater:
- Oban (8.4 km)
- Mount Mitchell (10.1 km)
- Kookabookra (12.8 km)
- Wards Mistake (13.1 km)
- Tubbamurra (14.9 km)
- Moggs Swamp (15.7 km)
- Bald Blair (17.6 km)
- Pinkett (18.7 km)
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Streets
- Becks Road (1)
- Campions Road (2)
- Deans Road (1)
- Kookabookra Road (1)
- Mount Mitchell Road (11)
- Pinkett Road (11)
- Turnhams Road (1)