Broughton NSW 2535
45 addresses · 6 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Shoalhaven LGA › Broughton · 108 km from Sydney
Living Here
Broughton is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 85 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $2,550 a week, with median rent near $685 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Berry - Kangaroo Valley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Broughton itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 medical clinic
1 vet
1 post office
1 service station
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
4 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Berry, 3.9 km south-west · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 22.6 km north.
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 | 43.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Broughton
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Broughton
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Broughton
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Broughton
| English | 32 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 28 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
Housing tenure in Broughton
| Owned | 24 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Broughton
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Broughton
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Languages used at home in Broughton
| Australian Indigenous | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
19,980 bird observations recorded near Broughton — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (1,353)
- Australian Raven (1,113)
- Australian Magpie (1,068)
- Laughing Kookaburra (987)
- Crimson Rosella (956)
- Superb Fairy-wren (896)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (839)
- Eastern Spinebill (823)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (806)
- Welcome Swallow (806)
- Pied Currawong (791)
- Brown Thornbill (710)
- Galah (611)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Broughton
- Willie Wagtail (598)
- Grey Butcherbird (541)
- Eastern Whipbird (537)
- Satin Bowerbird (531)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (522)
- Grey Fantail (519)
- Pacific Black Duck (497)
- Red Wattlebird (475)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (458)
- Common Myna (454)
- Australian King-parrot (452)
- Australian Wood Duck (446)
- Yellow Thornbill (446)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (443)
- Noisy Miner (438)
- Olive-backed Oriole (434)
- Silvereye (430)
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 Broughton:
- Broughton Vale (2.2 km)
- Broughton Village (2.6 km)
- Berry (3.8 km)
- Toolijooa (4.8 km)
- Woodhill (5.3 km)
- Foxground (5.5 km)
- Bundewallah (5.9 km)
- Willow Vale (6 km)
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Streets
- Austral Park Road (3)
- Boundary Road (3)
- Donovan Road (1)
- Gembrook Lane (4)
- Princes Highway (11)
- Tindalls Lane (23)
