Clunes NSW 2480
531 addresses · 28 streets
Page Electorate › Lismore LGA › Clunes · 608 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Clunes is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 907 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,855 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Lismore Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Clunes itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
1 butcher
1 beauty salon
1 mechanic
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Lismore Airport, 18 km south-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: 38.4% 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 | 38.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 59.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 67.3%
Population by age in Clunes
| 0-4 | 42 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 134 |
| 15-19 | 46 |
| 20-24 | 43 |
| 25-34 | 76 |
| 35-44 | 129 |
| 45-54 | 137 |
| 55-64 | 142 |
| 65-74 | 112 |
| 75-84 | 33 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Clunes
| House | 323 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 5 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 7 |
Households by weekly income in Clunes
| <$650 | 27 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 78 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 104 |
| $3,000+ | 72 |
Top ancestries in Clunes
| English | 393 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 335 |
| Irish | 184 |
| Scottish | 115 |
| Ancestry NS | 80 |
| Other | 50 |
Housing tenure in Clunes
| Owned | 127 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 121 |
| Rented | 76 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Clunes
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 86 |
| 2 | 148 |
| 3 | 61 |
| 4+ | 35 |
Commute to work in Clunes
| Car | 251 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 131 |
Top countries of birth in Clunes
| England | 42 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 17 |
| United States | 14 |
| Netherlands | 13 |
| Germany | 9 |
| South Africa | 9 |
Languages used at home in Clunes
| Spanish | 8 |
|---|---|
| French | 7 |
| Portuguese | 7 |
| German | 6 |
| Italian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,193 bird observations recorded near Clunes — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (487)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (483)
- White-headed Pigeon (453)
- Green Catbird (424)
- Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (391)
- Torresian Crow (385)
- Pied Butcherbird (377)
- Laughing Kookaburra (376)
- Pied Currawong (358)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (351)
- Australasian Figbird (339)
- Eastern Whipbird (339)
- Welcome Swallow (305)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Clunes
- Eastern Rosella (288)
- Wonga Pigeon (287)
- Tawny Frogmouth (276)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (272)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (258)
- Willie Wagtail (257)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (254)
- Crested Pigeon (250)
- Regent Bowerbird (239)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (237)
- Topknot Pigeon (228)
- Magpie-lark (221)
- Superb Fairy-wren (217)
- Brown Gerygone (212)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (211)
- Noisy Miner (209)
- Red-browed Finch (209)
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 Clunes:
- Eltham (3.8 km)
- Booyong (5 km)
- Corndale (5 km)
- Nashua (5.6 km)
- Eureka (5.8 km)
- Boat Harbour (6.3 km)
- Pearces Creek (6.4 km)
- Bexhill (6.8 km)
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Streets
- Avalon Avenue (15)
- Avalon Drive (17)
- Bangalow Road (48)
- Beacoms Road (3)
- Booyong Road (37)
- Clunes Cemetery Road (2)
- Clunes Road (3)
- Elliot Road (23)
- Eureka Road (16)
- Ewandale Close (8)
- Flatley Drive (10)
- Glen View Court (5)
- James Gibson Road (51)
- Jarvis Street (27)
- Johnston Road (19)
- Karinya Place (7)
- Lismore Road (16)
- Mackie Road (14)
- Main Street (53)
- Mcguire Road (1)
- Remnant Drive (15)
- Ryces Drive (38)
- Smith Street (38)
- Stewarts Road (15)
- Tildon Drive (5)
- Walker Street (36)
- Walmsley Road (2)
- Wickham Place (7)
