Chillingham NSW 2484
143 addresses · 9 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Chillingham · 649 km from Sydney
Living Here
Chillingham is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 228 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,050 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Murwillumbah Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Chillingham itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 hospital
1 childcare centre
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 27.4 km north-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: 61.5% 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 | 61.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 81.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.9% · Labour-force participation 46.2%
Population by age in Chillingham
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 36 |
| 45-54 | 27 |
| 55-64 | 45 |
| 65-74 | 34 |
| 75-84 | 27 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Chillingham
| House | 87 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Chillingham
| <$650 | 17 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 33 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Chillingham
| English | 123 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 78 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Aboriginal | 16 |
Housing tenure in Chillingham
| Owned | 45 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 31 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Chillingham
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 37 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Chillingham
| Car | 55 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Chillingham
| England | 14 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Languages used at home in Chillingham
| Spanish | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,065 bird observations recorded near Chillingham — most often seen:
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (748)
- Northern Brown Thornbill (597)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (578)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (491)
- Green Figbird (476)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (454)
- White-headed Pigeon (405)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (395)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (380)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (374)
- Birds (347)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (335)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (321)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Chillingham
- Southern Red-browed Finch (308)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (290)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (278)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (270)
- Wonga Pigeon (268)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (265)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (259)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (239)
- Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove (237)
- Australian Brush-turkey (232)
- Common Myna (230)
- Pacific Black Duck (229)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (218)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (212)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (212)
- Southern Spangled Drongo (209)
- Australian White Ibis (208)
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 Chillingham:
- Zara (2.4 km)
- Crystal Creek (3.7 km)
- Upper Crystal Creek (4.4 km)
- Hopkins Creek (4.6 km)
- Numinbah (4.7 km)
- Eungella (5.1 km)
- Limpinwood (6.1 km)
- Nobbys Creek (6.2 km)
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Streets
- Beantree Road (16)
- Bindaree Place (7)
- Chilcotts Road (17)
- Hopkins Creek Road (3)
- Larnock Place (7)
- North Arm Road (1)
- Numinbah Road (79)
- Satinwood Place (9)
- Zara Road (4)
