Captains Flat NSW 2623

Living Here

Captains Flat is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 611 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,644 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Queanbeyan Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Captains Flat itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Captains Flat Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Captains Flat Mens Shed
• 2 parks

  • Wilkins Park
  • Foxlow Parklet
• 1 childcare centre

  • Captains Flat Community Preschool
• 1 post office

  • Captains Flat CPA
• 1 gym

  • Harry Lidden Swimming Pool
• 1 place to stay

  • Captains Flat Hotel

Getting around. Airport: Canberra Airport, 39.1 km north-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: 55.4% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 64.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

982 bird observations recorded near Captains Flat — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (71)
• Crimson Rosella (71)
• Laughing Kookaburra (59)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (53)
• Pied Currawong (44)
• White-throated Treecreeper (39)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (39)
• Gang-gang Cockatoo (36)
• Peregrine Falcon (36)
• Red Wattlebird (36)
• White-eared Honeyeater (36)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (34)
• Striated Thornbill (32)

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 Captains Flat:

• Jingera (9.3 km)
• Harolds Cross (10.1 km)
• Kindervale (12.6 km)
• Rossi (14 km)
• Primrose Valley (14.2 km)
• Urila (15.7 km)
• Jerrabattgulla (16.5 km)
• Ballalaba (16.8 km)

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