Brays Creek NSW 2484
70 addresses · 4 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Brays Creek · 636 km from Sydney
Living Here
Brays Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 119 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,149 a week, with median rent near $355 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Murwillumbah Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brays Creek 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: 62.9% 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 | 62.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 73.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 45.4%
Population by age in Brays Creek
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Brays Creek
| House | 51 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Brays Creek
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Brays Creek
| English | 61 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 37 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Aboriginal | 8 |
Housing tenure in Brays Creek
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Brays Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Brays Creek
| Car | 29 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Brays Creek
| England | 8 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,248 bird observations recorded near Brays Creek — most often seen:
- Australian Brush-turkey (687)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (349)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (266)
- Eastern Whipbird (254)
- Laughing Kookaburra (226)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (199)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (198)
- Brown Thornbill (185)
- Grey Fantail (180)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (170)
- Australian Logrunner (168)
- White-throated Treecreeper (167)
- White-headed Pigeon (160)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Brays Creek
- Australian King-parrot (152)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (148)
- Pied Currawong (145)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (137)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (134)
- Wonga Pigeon (125)
- Red-browed Finch (118)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (117)
- Torresian Crow (112)
- Black-faced Monarch (111)
- Brown Gerygone (110)
- White-browed Scrubwren (110)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (107)
- Spotted Pardalote (107)
- Topknot Pigeon (107)
- Paradise Riflebird (100)
- Spectacled Monarch (99)
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 Brays Creek:
- Back Creek (2.2 km)
- Pumpenbil (5.3 km)
- Tyalgum (6 km)
- Cedar Creek (6.1 km)
- Byrrill Creek (6.4 km)
- Tyalgum Creek (7.4 km)
- Kunghur (8.6 km)
- Terragon (9.6 km)
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Streets
- Brays Creek Road (26)
- Byrrill Creek Road (37)
- Condowie Road (3)
- Jack Smiths Road (4)
