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Brooms Head NSW 2463

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Page Electorate › Clarence Valley LGA › Brooms Head · 515 km from Sydney

Living Here

Brooms Head is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 271 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $823 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

271Population
59Median age
$823Median household income / wk
$280Median rent / wk
2.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Maclean - Yamba - Iluka statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brooms Head itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Clarence Valley Regional Airport, 33.9 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 69.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Brooms Head

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Brooms Head NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202069.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202169.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 44.4%

Population by age in Brooms Head
Population by age, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-411
5-1420
15-196
20-244
25-3420
35-4415
45-5437
55-6456
65-7450
75-8430
85+22
Dwelling types in Brooms Head
Dwelling types, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House86
Townhouse0
Apartment9
Other32
Households by weekly income in Brooms Head
Households by weekly income, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65034
$650-1,49941
$1,500-2,99926
$3,000+13
Top ancestries in Brooms Head
Top ancestries, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian114
English114
Irish43
Scottish38
German26
Ancestry NS22
Housing tenure in Brooms Head
Housing tenure, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned67
Mortgage21
Rented30
Other5
Cars per household in Brooms Head
Cars per household, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
07
157
242
37
4+12
Commute to work in Brooms Head
Commute to work, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car65
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked4
Bicycle0
Home16
Top countries of birth in Brooms Head
Top countries of birth, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England6
China5
South Africa5
New Zealand3
Languages used at home in Brooms Head
Languages used at home, Brooms Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans5
Cantonese3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

7,257 bird observations recorded near Brooms Head — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Brooms Head

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.