Come By Chance NSW 2832
58 addresses · 13 streets
Parkes Electorate › Walgett LGA › Come By Chance · 466 km from Sydney
Living Here
Come By Chance is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 88 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $2,125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Walgett - Lightning Ridge statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Come By Chance itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 4.2% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 4.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Come By Chance
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Come By Chance
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Come By Chance
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Come By Chance
| Australian | 36 |
|---|---|
| English | 31 |
| Ancestry NS | 27 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
Housing tenure in Come By Chance
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Come By Chance
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Come By Chance
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
158 bird observations recorded near Come By Chance — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (8)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- Red-rumped Parrot (8)
- Yellow-throated Miner (8)
- Crested Pigeon (7)
- House Sparrow (7)
- Australian Raven (6)
- Black-shouldered Kite (6)
- Common Myna (6)
- Galah (6)
- White-faced Heron (6)
- Australian Magpie (5)
- Cockatiel (5)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Come By Chance
- Common Starling (5)
- Pied Butcherbird (5)
- Welcome Swallow (5)
- White-browed Woodswallow (5)
- White-winged Fairy-wren (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Australasian Darter (4)
- Banded Lapwing (4)
- Bluebonnet (4)
- Masked Woodswallow (4)
- Restless Flycatcher (4)
- Singing Honeyeater (4)
- Whistling Kite (4)
- White-necked Heron (4)
- Zebra Finch (4)
- Australian Pelican (3)
- Australian Ringneck (3)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Colless Street (4)
- Colrose Road (6)
- Come By Chance Road (15)
- Epping Road (1)
- Haines Hut Road (1)
- Hardies Lease Road (3)
- Hardys Lease Road (4)
- Hollywood Lane (5)
- Meadow Plains Road (5)
- Nilma Road (3)
- Proctors Lane (1)
- Proctors Road (1)
- Wingadee Road (9)
