Byangum NSW 2484
97 addresses · 6 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Byangum · 646 km from Sydney
Living Here
Byangum is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 153 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Byangum itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
3 Catholic churches
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 library
1 service station
1 golf club
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 25.5 km north-east.
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: 32.8% 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 | 32.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 43.3%
Population by age in Byangum
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Byangum
| House | 48 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Byangum
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Byangum
| English | 58 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 47 |
| Ancestry NS | 37 |
| Irish | 26 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| German | 13 |
Housing tenure in Byangum
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Byangum
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Byangum
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Byangum
| Germany | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 |
Languages used at home in Byangum
| German | 8 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,844 bird observations recorded near Byangum — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (759)
- Australian White Ibis (593)
- Noisy Miner (511)
- Australian Magpie (501)
- Pied Currawong (453)
- Magpie-lark (443)
- Australian Wood Duck (391)
- Australasian Figbird (387)
- Pacific Black Duck (360)
- Welcome Swallow (352)
- Little Corella (332)
- Laughing Kookaburra (331)
- Australian Brush-turkey (329)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Byangum
- Lewin's Honeyeater (312)
- Crested Pigeon (303)
- Willie Wagtail (291)
- White-headed Pigeon (290)
- Noisy Friarbird (284)
- Torresian Crow (276)
- Masked Lapwing (274)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (253)
- Dusky Moorhen (229)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (227)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (216)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (202)
- Brown Honeyeater (196)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (188)
- Eastern Rosella (188)
- Pied Butcherbird (187)
- Black-necked Stork (186)
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 Byangum:
- Bray Park (2.4 km)
- Dunbible (3.3 km)
- Murwillumbah (3.6 km)
- North Arm (3.6 km)
- Dum Dum (3.8 km)
- Mount Warning (5 km)
- Eungella (5.4 km)
- South Murwillumbah (5.6 km)
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Streets
- Bakers Road (31)
- Boulder Close (13)
- Kyogle Road (29)
- Old Lismore Road (12)
- Solomons Road (2)
- Tyalgum Road (10)
