Deer Vale NSW 2453
145 addresses · 13 streets
Cowper Electorate › Bellingen LGA › Deer Vale · 411 km from Sydney
Living Here
Deer Vale is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 128 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $280 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Dorrigo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Deer Vale 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: 53.8% 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 | 53.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 59.4%
Population by age in Deer Vale
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Deer Vale
| House | 52 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Deer Vale
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Deer Vale
| Australian | 50 |
|---|---|
| English | 35 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Deer Vale
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Deer Vale
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Deer Vale
| Car | 33 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Languages used at home in Deer Vale
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
563 bird observations recorded near Deer Vale — most often seen:
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (30)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (28)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (26)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (25)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (25)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (25)
- Wonga Pigeon (24)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (23)
- Australian Magpie (22)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (21)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (20)
- Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove (20)
- Central East Coast White-browed Scrubwren (19)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Deer Vale
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (18)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (18)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (17)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (17)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (17)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (16)
- Central Eastern White-throated Treecreeper (15)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (15)
- White-headed Pigeon (15)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (14)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (14)
- Northern Superb Lyrebird (14)
- Southern Brown Gerygone (14)
- Crimson Rosella (13)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (13)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (13)
- Australian Logrunner (12)
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 Deer Vale:
- Fernbrook (7.4 km)
- Bostobrick (11.2 km)
- Hernani (11.3 km)
- Brinerville (12.4 km)
- Bielsdown Hills (12.6 km)
- Tyringham (12.7 km)
- Moonpar (14.8 km)
- North Dorrigo (15.3 km)
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Streets
- Beaumonts Road (10)
- Blue Hills Road (1)
- Boundary Street (1)
- Clarks Road (8)
- Corks Road (3)
- Deer Park Road (3)
- Deer Vale Road (49)
- Harveys Road (3)
- Mason Street (1)
- Mcindoes Road (8)
- Nashs Road (12)
- Prices Road (9)
- Waterfall Way (37)
