Bourke NSW 2840

Living Here

Bourke is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,699 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,560 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 54% of households own their home and 41% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bourke - Brewarrina statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bourke itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Bourke High School
  • Bourke Public School
  • Bourke-Walgett School of Distance Education
  • St Ignatius Primary School
  • Koinonia Christian Academy
• 1 café or restaurant

  • My Little Cafe
• 1 supermarket

  • Khan's Supa IGA Plus Liquor
• 8 parks

  • Waters Park
  • Hobson Park
  • Central Park
  • Railway Park
  • Rotary Park
  • Jones Park
  • Mercy Park
  • Alf Edwards Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Ignatius Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • The Towers Drug Co Pharmacy
• 1 hospital

  • Bourke Multi-Purpose Service
• 1 library

  • Bourke Public Library
• 1 post office

  • Bourke Post Office
• 3 service stations

  • Caltex
  • Tito's
  • Frank's Service Station
• 1 bakery

  • Morralls Bakery
• 1 butcher

  • Kegs Butchery
• 1 hardware store

  • Home Timber & Hardware
• 1 mechanic

  • Simmos Outback Auto Care
• 6 places to stay

  • Darling River Motel
  • Major Mitchell Motel
  • Outback Motel
  • Bourke Riverside Motel
  • Bourke Bridge Inn
  • Back O Bourke Motel

Getting around. Airport: Bourke Airport, 5.8 km north.

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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: 12.7% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 54.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

13,302 bird observations recorded near Bourke — most often seen:

• Magpie-lark (770)
• Black Kite (714)
• Willie Wagtail (707)
• Crested Pigeon (693)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (686)
• House Sparrow (652)
• Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (627)
• Red-rumped Parrot (564)
• Common Starling (541)
• Yellow-throated Miner (511)
• Little Crow (479)
• Whistling Kite (457)
• Little Corella (430)

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 Bourke:

• North Bourke (11 km)
• Gunderbooka (57 km)

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