Brookfield NSW 2420
115 addresses · 4 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Brookfield · 159 km from Sydney
Living Here
Brookfield is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 224 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $2,049 a week, with median rent near $130 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brookfield itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
Getting around. Railway halt: Wirragulla, 6.1 km north · Airport: RAAF Base Williamtown, 31.7 km south.
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: 22.4% 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 | 22.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 52.6%
Population by age in Brookfield
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 23 |
| 35-44 | 29 |
| 45-54 | 33 |
| 55-64 | 47 |
| 65-74 | 23 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Brookfield
| House | 59 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Brookfield
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 24 |
Top ancestries in Brookfield
| Australian | 102 |
|---|---|
| English | 93 |
| Ancestry NS | 28 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Irish | 17 |
| German | 11 |
Housing tenure in Brookfield
| Owned | 29 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 32 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Brookfield
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Brookfield
| Car | 51 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 25 |
Top countries of birth in Brookfield
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
320 bird observations recorded near Brookfield — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (23)
- Laughing Kookaburra (22)
- Australian Wood Duck (14)
- Australian Raven (13)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (13)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (12)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (12)
- Magpie-lark (12)
- Masked Lapwing (12)
- Superb Fairy-wren (12)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (11)
- Willie Wagtail (11)
- Eastern Rosella (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Brookfield
- Galah (10)
- Noisy Miner (10)
- Pacific Black Duck (10)
- Straw-necked Ibis (10)
- Grey Fantail (9)
- Red-browed Finch (9)
- Welcome Swallow (9)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (8)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (8)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (8)
- White-throated Gerygone (8)
- Jacky Winter (7)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7)
- Nankeen Kestrel (7)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (7)
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 Brookfield:
- Glen William (3.6 km)
- Wallarobba (5.4 km)
- Wirragulla (6.4 km)
- Glen Martin (7.1 km)
- Clarence Town (8.1 km)
- Flat Tops (8.3 km)
- Alison (9.2 km)
- Marshdale (9.4 km)
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Streets
- Clarence Town Road (66)
- Glen William Road (18)
- Parsons Road (1)
- Wallarobba-brookfield Road (30)
