Carrathool NSW 2711
164 addresses · 20 streets
Farrer Electorate › Carrathool LGA › Carrathool · 532 km from Sydney
Living Here
Carrathool is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 200 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,531 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 50% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Griffith Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Carrathool itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
Getting around. Airport: Griffith Airport, 56.5 km 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: 1.2% 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 | 1.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 70.1%
Population by age in Carrathool
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 27 |
| 35-44 | 30 |
| 45-54 | 30 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Carrathool
| House | 72 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Carrathool
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 23 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 31 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Carrathool
| Australian | 87 |
|---|---|
| English | 83 |
| Ancestry NS | 21 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Other | 14 |
Housing tenure in Carrathool
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 20 |
Cars per household in Carrathool
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Carrathool
| Car | 81 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Carrathool
| India | 6 |
|---|---|
| Fiji | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
69 bird observations recorded near Carrathool — most often seen:
- Little Black Cormorant (5)
- Nankeen Kestrel (5)
- White-faced Heron (5)
- Eurasian Coot (4)
- Australasian Darter (3)
- Australian Wood Duck (3)
- Black Kite (3)
- Great Egret (3)
- Nankeen Night-heron (3)
- Whistling Kite (3)
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Australian Pratincole (2)
- Common Starling (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Carrathool
- Crested Pigeon (2)
- Galah (2)
- Great Cormorant (2)
- Grey Teal (2)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2)
- Spotted Harrier (2)
- Superb Parrot (2)
- Whiskered Tern (2)
- White-necked Heron (2)
- Australasian Grebe (1)
- Australian Great Crested Grebe (1)
- Australian Raven (1)
- Australian White Ibis (1)
- Banded Lapwing (1)
- Black Falcon (1)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (1)
- Eastern Galah (1)
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 Carrathool:
- Warrawidgee (33.4 km)
- Benerembah (37.7 km)
- Gunbar (42.7 km)
- Warburn (46.5 km)
- Tabbita (46.9 km)
- Four Corners (49.1 km)
- Tharbogang (49.2 km)
- Goolgowi (50.7 km)
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Streets
- Bringagee Road (1)
- Cambridge Street (11)
- Cameron Road (10)
- Carrathool Road (22)
- Carrego Lane (1)
- Conargo Road (9)
- Girdlers Road (3)
- Glover Street (8)
- Gordon Street (14)
- Gum Creek Road (2)
- Herriott Street (13)
- Lachlan Street (10)
- Murrumbidgee River Road (16)
- Oolambeyan Road (2)
- River Road (6)
- Sturt Highway (11)
- Tabbita Lane (7)
- Townsend Lane (2)
- Wade Street (15)
- Wrights Lane (1)
