Carrs Creek NSW 2460
70 addresses · 9 streets
Page Electorate › Clarence Valley LGA › Carrs Creek · 496 km from Sydney
Living Here
Carrs Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 186 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Grafton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Carrs Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
2 Catholic churches
1 hospital
1 library
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
1 butcher
1 mechanic
Getting around. Train station: Grafton Station, 5.5 km south · Airport: Clarence Valley Regional Airport, 15 km south-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: 1.7% 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 | 1.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 50.7%
Population by age in Carrs Creek
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 38 |
| 65-74 | 19 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Carrs Creek
| House | 56 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Carrs Creek
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Carrs Creek
| Australian | 81 |
|---|---|
| English | 68 |
| Ancestry NS | 37 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Aboriginal | 11 |
| German | 11 |
Housing tenure in Carrs Creek
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 14 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Carrs Creek
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Carrs Creek
| Car | 47 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Carrs Creek
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
16,936 bird observations recorded near Carrs Creek — most often seen:
- Cattle Egret (2,962)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (2,703)
- Silvereye (907)
- Australian Magpie (875)
- Pacific Black Duck (662)
- Australasian Figbird (656)
- Superb Fairy-wren (572)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (544)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (482)
- Australian Wood Duck (439)
- Torresian Crow (381)
- Laughing Kookaburra (372)
- Willie Wagtail (367)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Carrs Creek
- Welcome Swallow (362)
- Dusky Moorhen (356)
- Galah (351)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (350)
- Masked Lapwing (336)
- Magpie-lark (328)
- Red-browed Finch (322)
- Tree Martin (295)
- House Sparrow (293)
- Brown Honeyeater (283)
- Golden Whistler (270)
- Crested Pigeon (258)
- Straw-necked Ibis (258)
- Great Egret (252)
- Black-necked Stork (243)
- Pied Butcherbird (236)
- White-headed Pigeon (221)
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 Carrs Creek:
- Carrs Island (1.9 km)
- Carrs Peninsula (1.9 km)
- Junction Hill (1.9 km)
- Alumy Creek (2.7 km)
- Great Marlow (2.8 km)
- Grafton (2.9 km)
- Koolkhan (3.7 km)
- Waterview (4.2 km)
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Streets
- Back Lane (5)
- Baker Street (4)
- Broad Street (9)
- Butterfactory Lane (3)
- Carr Street (3)
- Drake Street (8)
- Earl Street (4)
- Pine Street (2)
- Summerland Way (32)
