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Barrack Point NSW 2528

513 addresses · 7 streets

Whitlam Electorate › Shellharbour LGA › Barrack Point · 83 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Barrack Point is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 725 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,836 a week, with median rent near $480 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

725Population
48Median age
$1,836Median household income / wk
$480Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Shellharbour - Flinders statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barrack Point itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Shellharbour Junction, 3.7 km south-west · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 7.1 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 5.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Barrack Point

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Barrack Point NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20205.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20216.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 57.1%

Population by age in Barrack Point
Population by age, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-417
5-1493
15-1956
20-2445
25-3447
35-4466
45-54122
55-64112
65-74114
75-8437
85+14
Dwelling types in Barrack Point
Dwelling types, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House174
Townhouse28
Apartment14
Other47
Households by weekly income in Barrack Point
Households by weekly income, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65046
$650-1,49961
$1,500-2,99963
$3,000+71
Top ancestries in Barrack Point
Top ancestries, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian338
English269
Irish77
Scottish59
Other47
Ancestry NS33
Housing tenure in Barrack Point
Housing tenure, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned128
Mortgage84
Rented51
Other4
Cars per household in Barrack Point
Cars per household, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
012
194
2100
329
4+32
Commute to work in Barrack Point
Commute to work, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car197
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home87
Top countries of birth in Barrack Point
Top countries of birth, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England42
Netherlands7
India6
New Zealand6
Germany5
South Africa5
Languages used at home in Barrack Point
Languages used at home, Barrack Point NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Macedonian11
Afrikaans5
Arabic5
Italian4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

58,721 bird observations recorded near Barrack Point — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Barrack Point

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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