Crackenback NSW 2627
303 addresses · 17 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Crackenback · 379 km from Sydney
Living Here
Crackenback is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 213 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,374 a week, with median rent near $738 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Jindabyne - Berridale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Crackenback itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 Catholic church
2 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Bus interchange: Smiggins Holes, 7.4 km north-west · Airport: Jindabyne Airport, 10.8 km 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: 73.3% 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 | 73.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 77.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.5% · Labour-force participation 70.5%
Population by age in Crackenback
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 50 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 28 |
| 55-64 | 46 |
| 65-74 | 24 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Crackenback
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Crackenback
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Crackenback
| English | 95 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 61 |
| Scottish | 26 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Other | 24 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
Housing tenure in Crackenback
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Crackenback
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Crackenback
| Car | 60 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Crackenback
| England | 19 |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | 9 |
| Scotland | 8 |
| France | 6 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 |
Languages used at home in Crackenback
| German | 7 |
|---|---|
| French | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,823 bird observations recorded near Crackenback — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (134)
- Australian Wood Duck (112)
- White-naped Honeyeater (102)
- Little Raven (98)
- Crimson Rosella (87)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (80)
- Pied Currawong (78)
- Eurasian Coot (76)
- Flame Robin (75)
- Australian Magpie (74)
- Red Wattlebird (71)
- Superb Fairy-wren (62)
- Welcome Swallow (60)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Crackenback
- Grey Fantail (57)
- Laughing Kookaburra (55)
- Australian Raven (52)
- Masked Lapwing (49)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (48)
- Striated Pardalote (47)
- Emu (46)
- Magpie-lark (45)
- Common Starling (40)
- Silvereye (37)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (37)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (37)
- White-throated Treecreeper (35)
- White-browed Scrubwren (34)
- Brown Thornbill (33)
- Willie Wagtail (32)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (30)
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 Crackenback:
- Bullocks Flat (3.4 km)
- Smiggin Holes (7.5 km)
- Perisher Valley (7.8 km)
- Blue Cow (10.1 km)
- Moonbah (10.5 km)
- Ngarigo (11.1 km)
- Wilsons Valley (11.7 km)
- Guthega (11.8 km)
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Streets
- Alpine Way (93)
- Black Sallee Lane (8)
- Bullocks Drive (13)
- Cranky Flat Road (9)
- Forest View Road (1)
- Little Rocky Road (4)
- Little Thredbo Lane (7)
- Little Thredbo Road (22)
- Monckton Road (5)
- Post Office Lane (10)
- Ramshead Trail (11)
- Rocky Road (14)
- Rose Creek Road (17)
- Stockwhip Way (39)
- Westons Road (11)
- Wollondibby Road (36)
- Wombat Gully Lane (3)
