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Falls Creek NSW 2540

475 addresses · 26 streets

Gilmore Electorate › Shoalhaven LGA › Falls Creek · 137 km from Sydney

Living Here

Falls Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 939 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,508 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

939Population
49Median age
$1,508Median household income / wk
$350Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Tomerong - Wandandian - Woollamia statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Falls Creek itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: HMAS Albatross, 7.1 km north-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 70.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Falls Creek

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Falls Creek NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202070.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202187.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 54.7%

Population by age in Falls Creek
Population by age, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-432
5-14105
15-1950
20-2442
25-3491
35-4487
45-54138
55-64159
65-74146
75-8476
85+12
Dwelling types in Falls Creek
Dwelling types, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House321
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Falls Creek
Households by weekly income, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65046
$650-1,499109
$1,500-2,99986
$3,000+63
Top ancestries in Falls Creek
Top ancestries, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English431
Australian412
Scottish99
Irish69
Ancestry NS58
German57
Housing tenure in Falls Creek
Housing tenure, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned150
Mortgage131
Rented31
Other10
Cars per household in Falls Creek
Cars per household, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
161
2124
373
4+70
Commute to work in Falls Creek
Commute to work, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car275
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked4
Bicycle0
Home58
Top countries of birth in Falls Creek
Top countries of birth, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England55
Germany8
Scotland7
Canada5
Croatia5
Netherlands4
Languages used at home in Falls Creek
Languages used at home, Falls Creek NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin9
Australian Indigenous5
Italian3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,264 bird observations recorded near Falls Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Falls Creek

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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