Carrs Island NSW 2460

Living Here

Carrs Island is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 10 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Island itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Westlawn Public School
  • Saint Marys Primary School
  • Grafton High School
  • Grafton Public School
  • Clarence Valley Anglican School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Sunrise on Turf Cafe
• 7 parks

  • Bishop Druitt Park
  • North Park
  • Pioneer Park
  • See Park
  • Westward Park
  • Gordon Wingfield Park
  • McKenzie Park
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Mary’s Catholic Church
  • St Patrick’s Catholic Church
• 1 medical clinic

  • Queen Street Clinic
• 1 dentist

  • Grafton Dental Centre
• 1 hospital

  • Grafton Base Hospital
• 1 library

  • Grafton Regional Library
• 1 post office

  • Grafton Post Office
• 2 service stations

  • EG Ampol Grafton
  • BP
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Grafton Sports Centre
  • Grafton Racecourse
  • ji Justin
  • Waterview Heights Squash Club
• 2 golf clubs

  • GDSC Golf Course
  • Grafton Golf Club
• 1 butcher

  • GDSC Butcher Shop
• 2 hardware stores

  • The Pump Shop - Clarence Valley Rural and Industrial Supplies
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 3 mechanics

  • Beadmans Exhaust & Suspension Centre
  • Clarence Valley Automotive
  • McCrackin Diesel
• 16 places to stay

  • Civic Motel
  • Grafton Sunset Caravan Park
  • Victoria Street Apartments
  • Crown Hotel Motel
  • The Abbey Motel
  • Quality Inn Grafton
  • Econolodge Grafton
  • Fitzroy Motor Inn
  • Hilldrop Motor Inn
  • Great Northern Hotel

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Getting around. Train station: Grafton Station, 4.8 km south-east · Airport: Clarence Valley Regional Airport, 15 km south-east.

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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: 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.

Demographics

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

17,491 bird observations recorded near Carrs Island — most often seen:

• Cattle Egret (2,971)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,805)
• Silvereye (929)
• Australian Magpie (908)
• Pacific Black Duck (711)
• Australasian Figbird (676)
• Superb Fairy-wren (578)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (560)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (485)
• Australian Wood Duck (475)
• Laughing Kookaburra (385)
• Torresian Crow (384)
• Dusky Moorhen (376)

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 Island:

• Carrs Peninsula (1.8 km)
• Carrs Creek (1.9 km)
• Waterview (2.6 km)
• Grafton (2.6 km)
• Junction Hill (3.6 km)
• Great Marlow (4.2 km)
• Waterview Heights (4.4 km)
• Alumy Creek (4.5 km)

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