Goodnight NSW 2736
79 addresses · 9 streets
Farrer Electorate › Murray River LGA › Goodnight · 731 km from Sydney
Living Here
Goodnight is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 86 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 71% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. 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 Wentworth-Balranald Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Goodnight itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Balranald Airport, 41.7 km north-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: 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 | 6.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 13.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.7% · Labour-force participation 48.4%
Population by age in Goodnight
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Goodnight
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Goodnight
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Goodnight
| English | 40 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 31 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Italian | 11 |
| German | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Goodnight
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Goodnight
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Goodnight
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Languages used at home in Goodnight
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
407 bird observations recorded near Goodnight — most often seen:
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (26)
- Grey Teal (22)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (21)
- Eastern Weebill (21)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (20)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (19)
- Australian Wood Duck (18)
- White-faced Heron (16)
- Australasian Grebe (15)
- Eastern Galah (15)
- Pacific Black Duck (15)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (14)
- Western Striated Pardalote (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Goodnight
- Australian Sacred Kingfisher (12)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (12)
- Black-tailed Native-hen (11)
- Eastern Australian Raven (11)
- Little Pied Cormorant (11)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (11)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (11)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10)
- Great Egret (10)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (9)
- Eurasian Coot (9)
- Galah (9)
- Red-capped Robin (9)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (9)
- Southern Magpie-lark (9)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (9)
- Whistling Kite (9)
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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Streets
- Arbuthnot Lane (2)
- Cannally Road (7)
- Etona Lane (9)
- Goodnight Road (3)
- Lockhart Road (14)
- Pevensey Lane (3)
- Wakool Juction Road (1)
- Wakool Junction Road (35)
- Wanera Lane (5)
