Carroll NSW 2340
242 addresses · 27 streets
Parkes Electorate › Gunnedah LGA › Carroll · 328 km from Sydney
Living Here
Carroll is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 305 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,524 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gunnedah Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Carroll itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 childcare centre
1 post office
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Gunnedah Aerodrome, 19.5 km west.
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: 7.6% 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 | 7.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 63.8%
Population by age in Carroll
| 0-4 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 50 |
| 15-19 | 26 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 32 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 48 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Carroll
| House | 106 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Carroll
| <$650 | 24 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 38 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 25 |
| $3,000+ | 25 |
Top ancestries in Carroll
| Australian | 141 |
|---|---|
| English | 117 |
| Aboriginal | 38 |
| Scottish | 36 |
| Irish | 34 |
| Ancestry NS | 33 |
Housing tenure in Carroll
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 26 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Carroll
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 36 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Carroll
| Car | 95 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 24 |
Top countries of birth in Carroll
| England | 9 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
266 bird observations recorded near Carroll — most often seen:
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (25)
- Galah (22)
- Common Starling (21)
- Australian Magpie (19)
- Common Myna (18)
- Crested Pigeon (13)
- Black-shouldered Kite (11)
- Nankeen Kestrel (11)
- Willie Wagtail (8)
- Eastern Galah (7)
- Little Corella (7)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Red-winged Parrot (7)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Carroll
- Brown Falcon (6)
- House Sparrow (6)
- Noisy Friarbird (6)
- Red-rumped Parrot (6)
- Straw-necked Ibis (6)
- Whistling Kite (6)
- White-faced Heron (6)
- Australian Raven (5)
- Cockatiel (5)
- Eastern Barn Owl (5)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (5)
- Pacific Black Duck (5)
- Pied Butcherbird (5)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (5)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (5)
- Black Kite (4)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (4)
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 Carroll:
- Orange Grove (7.1 km)
- Keepit (12.7 km)
- Piallaway (17.2 km)
- Somerton (18.2 km)
- Kelvin (19 km)
- Gunnedah (19.6 km)
- Rushes Creek (22.1 km)
- Curlewis (24 km)
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Streets
- Ashford Road (3)
- Babbinboon Road (1)
- Bennies Road (1)
- Bernard Street (1)
- Breeza Street (54)
- Clifton Road (7)
- David Street (2)
- Edward Street (5)
- Ella Street (3)
- Forbes Street (8)
- Frogmore Lane (1)
- Gunnedah Street (34)
- Gunnembene Lane (8)
- Hope Street (1)
- Kilphysic Road (11)
- Namoi Street (1)
- Normans Road (7)
- North Street (1)
- Orange Grove Road (1)
- Oxley Highway (14)
- Phillip Street (46)
- Redbank Road (12)
- Rushes Creek Road (10)
- Ryan Road (1)
- Standrings Road (2)
- Stephen Street (1)
- Swain Road (6)
