Barkers Vale NSW 2474
96 addresses · 12 streets
Page Electorate › Kyogle LGA › Barkers Vale · 621 km from Sydney
Living Here
Barkers Vale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 196 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $784 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 70% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kyogle statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barkers Vale itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Lismore Airport, 35.6 km south.
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: 64.9% 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 | 64.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.6% · Labour-force participation 39.1%
Population by age in Barkers Vale
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 28 |
| 55-64 | 36 |
| 65-74 | 43 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Barkers Vale
| House | 73 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Barkers Vale
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Barkers Vale
| Australian | 72 |
|---|---|
| English | 67 |
| Other | 29 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| Irish | 20 |
| German | 17 |
Housing tenure in Barkers Vale
| Owned | 44 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Barkers Vale
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 26 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Barkers Vale
| Car | 29 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Barkers Vale
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 5 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| United States | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Barkers Vale
| Italian | 7 |
|---|---|
| German | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,677 bird observations recorded near Barkers Vale — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (243)
- Eastern Whipbird (216)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (207)
- Pied Currawong (206)
- Torresian Crow (179)
- Laughing Kookaburra (174)
- Australian King-parrot (143)
- Wonga Pigeon (138)
- Red-browed Finch (137)
- Welcome Swallow (135)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (133)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (126)
- Brown Thornbill (121)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Barkers Vale
- Bar-shouldered Dove (119)
- Satin Bowerbird (117)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (113)
- White-headed Pigeon (112)
- Australian Brush-turkey (103)
- Australasian Figbird (102)
- Topknot Pigeon (101)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (92)
- Bell Miner (85)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (85)
- Noisy Friarbird (82)
- Australian Magpie (77)
- Australian Logrunner (72)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (70)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (65)
- Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (63)
- Grey Fantail (61)
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 Barkers Vale:
- Wadeville (3.5 km)
- Lillian Rock (3.8 km)
- Upper Horseshoe Creek (3.8 km)
- Stony Chute (7 km)
- Green Pigeon (7.1 km)
- Blue Knob (7.4 km)
- Mount Burrell (7.7 km)
- Cawongla (7.8 km)
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Streets
- Barnes Road (5)
- Buchlands Road (2)
- Creegans Road (10)
- Harris Road (3)
- Hidden Valley Road (4)
- Johnstones Road (5)
- Lilly Pilly Lane (7)
- Link Road (1)
- Lofts Pinnacle Road (2)
- Mcclelland Road (18)
- Twin Pines Road (8)
- Williams Road (31)
