Coomba Bay NSW 2428
117 addresses · 9 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Coomba Bay · 212 km from Sydney
Living Here
Coomba Bay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 168 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,583 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Forster-Tuncurry Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coomba Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, 7.9 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: 69.6% 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 | 69.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 76.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.5% · Labour-force participation 38.1%
Population by age in Coomba Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 30 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 31 |
| 75-84 | 25 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Coomba Bay
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Coomba Bay
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 26 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Coomba Bay
| English | 63 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 45 |
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| Irish | 20 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in Coomba Bay
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Coomba Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Coomba Bay
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Coomba Bay
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,605 bird observations recorded near Coomba Bay — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (271)
- Australian Magpie (265)
- Laughing Kookaburra (261)
- Australian Pelican (235)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (235)
- Brown Thornbill (234)
- Grey Fantail (218)
- Little Wattlebird (211)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (206)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (202)
- Noisy Friarbird (197)
- Noisy Miner (194)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (188)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Coomba Bay
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (185)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (177)
- Superb Fairy-wren (175)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (168)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (166)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (162)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (160)
- Eastern Whipbird (155)
- Welcome Swallow (155)
- Willie Wagtail (155)
- Mistletoebird (154)
- Grey Butcherbird (152)
- Red-browed Finch (151)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (146)
- White-faced Heron (145)
- Australian Wood Duck (143)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (139)
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 Coomba Bay:
- Wallingat (2.1 km)
- Coomba Park (3.7 km)
- Shallow Bay (5.3 km)
- Whoota (6.5 km)
- Green Point (7.1 km)
- Wallis Lake (8 km)
- Tiona (8.1 km)
- Booti Booti (8.7 km)
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Streets
- Coomba Road (49)
- Dubbo Place (3)
- Ede Drive (13)
- Illawong Road (7)
- Lillian Sophia Place (6)
- Newmans Place (4)
- Shallow Bay Road (19)
- Ulamambri Place (9)
- Vista Place (7)
