Darbys Falls NSW 2793
170 addresses · 10 streets
Riverina Electorate › Cowra LGA › Darbys Falls · 217 km from Sydney
Living Here
Darbys Falls is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 243 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $845 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cowra Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Darbys Falls itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Cowra Airport, 21.4 km north-west.
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: 6.5% 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 | 6.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 39.9%
Population by age in Darbys Falls
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 30 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 31 |
| 55-64 | 46 |
| 65-74 | 57 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Darbys Falls
| House | 98 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Darbys Falls
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 48 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Darbys Falls
| Australian | 110 |
|---|---|
| English | 98 |
| Irish | 31 |
| Ancestry NS | 26 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Aboriginal | 21 |
Housing tenure in Darbys Falls
| Owned | 53 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 31 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Darbys Falls
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 17 |
Commute to work in Darbys Falls
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Darbys Falls
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| Philippines | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,458 bird observations recorded near Darbys Falls — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (86)
- Magpie-lark (83)
- Galah (82)
- Superb Fairy-wren (66)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (64)
- Willie Wagtail (62)
- Common Starling (59)
- Australian Raven (58)
- Eastern Rosella (55)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (54)
- Red-rumped Parrot (54)
- Laughing Kookaburra (50)
- Crested Pigeon (47)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Darbys Falls
- Noisy Miner (47)
- Noisy Friarbird (43)
- Pied Currawong (42)
- Striated Pardalote (42)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (41)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (40)
- Australian Wood Duck (38)
- Red Wattlebird (38)
- Pacific Black Duck (37)
- White-throated Treecreeper (36)
- Red-browed Finch (35)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (35)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (35)
- Welcome Swallow (35)
- Little Corella (33)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (31)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (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 Darbys Falls:
- Wyangala (8.3 km)
- Mount Collins (13.3 km)
- Hovells Creek (16 km)
- Roseberg (16.9 km)
- Woodstock (17.1 km)
- Cowra (19.3 km)
- Wattamondara (24 km)
- Garland (25.3 km)
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Streets
- Church Street (10)
- Clearview Road (15)
- Darbys Falls Road (35)
- Glen Avon Road (8)
- Kangaroo Flat Road (8)
- Main Street (55)
- Mount Mcdonald Road (18)
- Observatory Road (4)
- Peter Whitty Road (6)
- Pine Mount Road (11)
