Elands NSW 2429
225 addresses · 20 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Elands · 271 km from Sydney
Living Here
Elands is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 178 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $642 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Taree Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Elands itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 post office
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Taree Airport, 38 km south-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: 67.4% 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 | 67.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 16.7% · Labour-force participation 39.2%
Population by age in Elands
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 46 |
| 65-74 | 42 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Elands
| House | 78 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Elands
| <$650 | 30 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 30 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Elands
| English | 75 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 62 |
| Irish | 45 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Other | 15 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
Housing tenure in Elands
| Owned | 58 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Elands
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 39 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Elands
| Car | 21 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 15 |
Top countries of birth in Elands
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| Thailand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Elands
| German | 4 |
|---|---|
| Thai | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,275 bird observations recorded near Elands — most often seen:
- Bell Miner (68)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (68)
- Pied Currawong (66)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (62)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (50)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (48)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (47)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (45)
- Brown Gerygone (44)
- Satin Bowerbird (44)
- Eastern Whipbird (43)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (42)
- Superb Fairy-wren (41)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Elands
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (39)
- Laughing Kookaburra (39)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (39)
- Australian Magpie (38)
- Crimson Rosella (38)
- Eastern Spinebill (38)
- Grey Fantail (38)
- White-throated Treecreeper (37)
- Red-browed Finch (36)
- Brown Thornbill (35)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (34)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (34)
- Australian Torresian Crow (33)
- Eastern New Holland Honeyeater (33)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (33)
- White-browed Scrubwren (32)
- Australian King-parrot (31)
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 Elands:
- Kippaxs (6.7 km)
- Boorganna (9.9 km)
- Bobin (10.6 km)
- Innes View (11.2 km)
- Mooral Creek (12.7 km)
- Toms Creek (12.7 km)
- Caparra (13.1 km)
- Bulga Forest (13.6 km)
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Streets
- Beech Road (27)
- Bulga Road (13)
- Coaches Creek Road (2)
- Colling Road (24)
- Cooks Road (6)
- Doyles River Road (10)
- Ellenborough Falls Road (1)
- Ford Street (8)
- Glenwarrin Road (49)
- Lewis Road (2)
- Lyrebird Lane (4)
- Myall Creek Road (5)
- Oakes Lane (1)
- Padmans Road (26)
- Palm Court Lane (3)
- Rapids Road (8)
- Sandy Knob Road (2)
- Tilbaroo Road (21)
- Wallis Street (5)
- West Bulga Road (8)
