Braunstone NSW 2460
140 addresses · 11 streets
Page Electorate › Clarence Valley LGA › Braunstone · 480 km from Sydney
Living Here
Braunstone is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 284 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,660 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Grafton Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Braunstone itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 golf clubs
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Grafton Station, 11.9 km north · Airport: Clarence Valley Regional Airport, 10.1 km north-east.
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: 38.8% 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 | 38.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.9% · Labour-force participation 55.6%
Population by age in Braunstone
| 0-4 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 38 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 29 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 43 |
| 65-74 | 54 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Braunstone
| House | 90 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 7 |
Households by weekly income in Braunstone
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 29 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 19 |
Top ancestries in Braunstone
| Australian | 147 |
|---|---|
| English | 119 |
| Irish | 34 |
| Scottish | 31 |
| German | 17 |
| Aboriginal | 12 |
Housing tenure in Braunstone
| Owned | 44 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 34 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Braunstone
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 44 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Braunstone
| Car | 83 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Braunstone
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
Languages used at home in Braunstone
| Thai | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,186 bird observations recorded near Braunstone — most often seen:
- Black-necked Stork (513)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (211)
- Masked Lapwing (152)
- Australian Magpie (132)
- Pacific Black Duck (124)
- Magpie-lark (117)
- Black Swan (115)
- White-faced Heron (113)
- Torresian Crow (97)
- Willie Wagtail (97)
- Eastern Rosella (95)
- Straw-necked Ibis (89)
- Laughing Kookaburra (88)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Braunstone
- Purple Swamphen (84)
- Whistling Kite (82)
- Comb-crested Jacana (81)
- Little Pied Cormorant (81)
- White-necked Heron (81)
- Intermediate Egret (80)
- Grey Teal (76)
- Great Egret (74)
- Australian Wood Duck (73)
- Welcome Swallow (73)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (72)
- Australian White Ibis (67)
- Cattle Egret (67)
- Tree Martin (66)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (65)
- Royal Spoonbill (61)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (60)
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 Braunstone:
- Levenstrath (2 km)
- Bom Bom (5.8 km)
- Elland (6.1 km)
- Coutts Crossing (6.3 km)
- Glenugie (8.4 km)
- Rushforth (9.4 km)
- Shannondale (9.9 km)
- Lanitza (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Armidale Road (15)
- Braunstone Road (25)
- Ellis Road (13)
- Foleys Road (2)
- Glenacres Road (3)
- Mcphersons Crossing Road (4)
- Mulquinneys Road (28)
- Orara Way (38)
- Poley House Road (6)
- School Lane (1)
- Smiths Place (5)
