Brewarrina NSW 2839

Living Here

Brewarrina is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 931 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,004 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 35% of households own their home and 60% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Australian, English. 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 Bourke - Brewarrina statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brewarrina itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • St Patrick's Primary School
  • Brewarrina Central School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Muddy Waters Coffee Shop and Gallery
• 2 supermarkets

  • Foodworks
  • Friendly Grocer
• 2 parks

  • Geoff New Oval
  • Laurie Gilligan Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Patrick's Catholic Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • St Mary Pharmacy
• 1 medical clinic

  • Brewarrina Aboriginal Health Service
• 1 hospital

  • Brewarrina Multi-Purpose Service
• 1 library

  • Brewarrina Library
• 1 post office

  • Brewarrina LPO
• 1 service station

  • Dowell's Fuel
• 1 gym

  • Brewarrina and District War Memorial Olympic Pool
• 1 golf club

  • Brewarrina Golf Club
• 1 mechanic

  • Ockers Mechanical

Getting around. Airport: Brewarrina Airport, 5.2 km west.

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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: 4.2% 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 7.8% · Labour-force participation 44%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,038 bird observations recorded near Brewarrina — most often seen:

• Magpie-lark (124)
• Willie Wagtail (109)
• Great Egret (98)
• Whistling Kite (95)
• Welcome Swallow (90)
• Little Black Cormorant (86)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (83)
• Little Pied Cormorant (76)
• Crested Pigeon (75)
• Black Kite (73)
• Australian Magpie (72)
• Australian Pelican (71)
• Australian White Ibis (69)

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 Brewarrina:

• Talawanta (43.7 km)
• Narran Lake (47.4 km)
• Gongolgon (52.9 km)
• Collerina (53 km)

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