Casuarina NSW 2487
1,982 addresses · 53 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Casuarina · 659 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Casuarina is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,256 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,327 a week, with median rent near $635 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kingscliff - Fingal Head statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Casuarina itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
2 dentists
1 physiotherapist
2 vets
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
1 gym
2 golf clubs
1 dog park
2 butchers
2 hairdressers
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 15.8 km north-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: 40.5% 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 | 40.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 40.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 69.8%
Population by age in Casuarina
| 0-4 | 211 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 586 |
| 15-19 | 219 |
| 20-24 | 110 |
| 25-34 | 195 |
| 35-44 | 571 |
| 45-54 | 555 |
| 55-64 | 407 |
| 65-74 | 297 |
| 75-84 | 81 |
| 85+ | 29 |
Dwelling types in Casuarina
| House | 754 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 172 |
| Apartment | 135 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Casuarina
| <$650 | 87 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 209 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 320 |
| $3,000+ | 358 |
Top ancestries in Casuarina
| English | 1,523 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,233 |
| Irish | 467 |
| Scottish | 390 |
| Other | 267 |
| German | 150 |
Housing tenure in Casuarina
| Owned | 330 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 487 |
| Rented | 235 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Casuarina
| 0 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 295 |
| 2 | 537 |
| 3 | 146 |
| 4+ | 61 |
Commute to work in Casuarina
| Car | 956 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 7 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 40 |
| Bicycle | 11 |
| Home | 440 |
Top countries of birth in Casuarina
| England | 147 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 110 |
| South Africa | 51 |
| United States | 35 |
| Brazil | 30 |
| Wales | 15 |
Languages used at home in Casuarina
| Portuguese | 31 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 17 |
| German | 13 |
| Italian | 8 |
| Polish | 8 |
| Afrikaans | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,608 bird observations recorded near Casuarina — most often seen:
- Silver Gull (1,051)
- Australian White Ibis (921)
- Welcome Swallow (914)
- Australian Brush-turkey (853)
- Australasian Figbird (822)
- Australian Magpie (815)
- Noisy Friarbird (780)
- Noisy Miner (749)
- Brown Honeyeater (718)
- Willie Wagtail (676)
- Masked Lapwing (666)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (661)
- Pied Currawong (620)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Casuarina
- Crested Tern (586)
- Australian Pelican (585)
- Magpie-lark (581)
- Torresian Crow (579)
- Laughing Kookaburra (562)
- Little Black Cormorant (541)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (489)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (478)
- Bush Stone-curlew (467)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (467)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (447)
- Crested Pigeon (443)
- Pied Butcherbird (442)
- Pacific Black Duck (439)
- Superb Fairy-wren (427)
- Pied Cormorant (418)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren (411)
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 Casuarina:
- Kings Forest (1.6 km)
- Cabarita Beach (3.6 km)
- Bogangar (4 km)
- Cudgen (4.1 km)
- Kingscliff (4.2 km)
- Duranbah (4.4 km)
- Tanglewood (5.1 km)
- Stotts Creek (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Acolus Court (7)
- Aeolus Lane (17)
- Beason Court (14)
- Beech Lane (50)
- Black Wattle Circuit (136)
- Blue Horizon Drive (29)
- Bozier Court (15)
- Callistemon Avenue (31)
- Candlenut Street (2)
- Canthium Way (42)
- Casuarina Way (493)
- Cedarwood Court (61)
- Central Park Lane (19)
- Chatfield Court (9)
- Clara Lane (20)
- Collins Lane (39)
- Coogera Lane (27)
- Cornet Lane (9)
- Cottonwood Lane (17)
- Cudgerie Court (15)
- Daybreak Boulevard (36)
- Dianella Drive (256)
- Dryandras Court (8)
- Ebony Court (22)
- Echo Lane (20)
- Eclipse Lane (22)
- Emma Court (4)
- Gillet Court (5)
- Gillett Court (1)
- Grand Parade (10)
- Habitat Drive (29)
- Harper Court (13)
- Harpullia Court (8)
- Hyndes Lane (15)
- Kamala Crescent (151)
- Laceflower Parade (48)
- Lambent Avenue (11)
- Liriope Street (26)
- Lobelia Crescent (40)
- Pavilion Court (17)
- Petrel Place (5)
- Pheeny Lane (22)
- Pirie Lane (7)
- Riberry Drive (20)
- Sea Eagle Court (22)
- She-oak Lane (57)
- Steelwood Lane (16)
- Sterculia Court (1)
- Suncatcher Lane (10)
- Trestles Avenue (14)
- Tweed Coast Road (1)
- Vanda Lane (12)
- Windsong Way (1)
