Craven NSW 2422
116 addresses · 9 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Craven · 203 km from Sydney
Living Here
Craven is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 104 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,050 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are houses. About 51% of households own their home and 49% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gloucester statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Craven itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, 51.9 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: 48.2% 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 | 48.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 45.8%
Population by age in Craven
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 6 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Craven
| House | 40 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Craven
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Craven
| English | 55 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 43 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Craven
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 22 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Craven
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Craven
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,985 bird observations recorded near Craven — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (178)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (123)
- Superb Fairy-wren (105)
- Noisy Miner (103)
- Grey Fantail (102)
- Laughing Kookaburra (92)
- Australian Raven (82)
- Noisy Friarbird (74)
- White-throated Treecreeper (66)
- Eastern Rosella (64)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (61)
- White-throated Gerygone (61)
- Golden Whistler (60)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Craven
- Lewin's Honeyeater (56)
- White-winged Chough (55)
- Pied Butcherbird (54)
- Wonga Pigeon (54)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (53)
- Australian Wood Duck (52)
- White-naped Honeyeater (51)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (50)
- Rufous Whistler (46)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (45)
- Willie Wagtail (45)
- Striated Thornbill (44)
- Magpie-lark (43)
- Red-browed Finch (42)
- Yellow Thornbill (42)
- Crimson Rosella (41)
- Grey Butcherbird (41)
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 Craven:
- Stratford (3.8 km)
- Wards River (7.4 km)
- Forbesdale (9.5 km)
- Faulkland (10.2 km)
- Terreel (12 km)
- Waukivory (12.1 km)
- Weismantels (12.3 km)
- Upper Karuah River (13.9 km)
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Streets
- Berrico Road (1)
- Crowthers Road (3)
- Deards Lane (4)
- Germons Lane (1)
- Glen Road (22)
- Parkers Road (5)
- The Bucketts Way (28)
- Upper Avon Road (17)
- Woods Road (35)
