Curban NSW 2827
183 addresses · 31 streets
Parkes Electorate › Gilgandra LGA › Curban · 361 km from Sydney
Living Here
Curban is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 137 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,765 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gilgandra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Curban 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: 4.6% 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 | 4.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 74.5%
Population by age in Curban
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Curban
| House | 47 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Curban
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Curban
| Australian | 71 |
|---|---|
| English | 62 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Italian | 7 |
Housing tenure in Curban
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Curban
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 27 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Curban
| Car | 40 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 24 |
Top countries of birth in Curban
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
381 bird observations recorded near Curban — most often seen:
- Galah (25)
- Magpie-lark (21)
- Nankeen Kestrel (21)
- Australian Magpie (20)
- Laughing Kookaburra (17)
- Willie Wagtail (17)
- Crested Pigeon (16)
- White-faced Heron (16)
- Apostlebird (15)
- Pied Butcherbird (15)
- Cockatiel (14)
- Red-rumped Parrot (14)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Curban
- Australian Raven (13)
- Black-shouldered Kite (13)
- Common Starling (13)
- Noisy Miner (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- White-winged Chough (11)
- Black Kite (9)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (8)
- White-necked Heron (8)
- Brown Falcon (7)
- Peaceful Dove (7)
- Rufous Whistler (7)
- Straw-necked Ibis (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
- Brown Treecreeper (6)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (6)
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 Curban:
- Armatree (10.7 km)
- Gulargambone (22.2 km)
- Biddon (22.3 km)
- Gilgandra (23.9 km)
- Merrigal (27.1 km)
- Collie (27.5 km)
- Tonderburine (31 km)
- Bearbong (35.6 km)
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Streets
- Barden Road (2)
- Bardens Road (2)
- Berida Bullagreen Road (12)
- Berida Road (12)
- Berida-bullagreen Road (16)
- Brooks Road (3)
- Bullagreen Bourbah Road (6)
- Bullagreen-bourbah Road (6)
- Castlereagh Highway (11)
- Collie Bourbah Road (2)
- Collie-bourbah Road (2)
- Comerfords Road (1)
- Commerfords Road (1)
- Curban Biddon Road (4)
- Curban Railway Road (3)
- Curban-biddon Road (5)
- East Coonamble Road (21)
- Forans Access Road (3)
- Forans Road (5)
- Hillside Hall Road (3)
- Hillside Road (10)
- Mcclures Lane (2)
- Nalders Access Road (3)
- Nalders Road (2)
- National Park Road (25)
- Stokes Road (5)
- Tuglands Cottage Road (1)
- Windurong Road (8)
- Wyuna Road (5)
- Youlbung Road (1)
- Zells Road (1)
