Goodooga NSW 2838
228 addresses · 17 streets
Parkes Electorate › Brewarrina LGA › Goodooga · 634 km from Sydney
Living Here
Goodooga is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 223 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $780 a week, with median rent near $170 a week. Most homes are houses. About 33% of households own their home and 55% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Walgett - Lightning Ridge statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Goodooga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
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: 2.6% 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 | 2.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 12.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.7% · Labour-force participation 38.5%
Population by age in Goodooga
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 33 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 30 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 27 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Goodooga
| House | 77 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 4 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Goodooga
| <$650 | 29 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Goodooga
| Aboriginal | 128 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 45 |
| English | 31 |
| Australian | 29 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Scottish | 10 |
Housing tenure in Goodooga
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 36 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Goodooga
| 0 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Goodooga
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 18 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
238 bird observations recorded near Goodooga — most often seen:
- Galah (15)
- Magpie-lark (14)
- Willie Wagtail (14)
- Emu (13)
- White-necked Heron (11)
- Australian Raven (10)
- Welcome Swallow (10)
- Fairy Martin (9)
- Whistling Kite (9)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (9)
- Australian Magpie (8)
- Cockatiel (8)
- Great Egret (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Goodooga
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8)
- Black Kite (7)
- Common Myna (7)
- Nankeen Kestrel (7)
- White-browed Woodswallow (7)
- Budgerigar (6)
- Grey Teal (6)
- Jacky Winter (6)
- Red-rumped Parrot (6)
- White-faced Heron (6)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (6)
- Yellow-throated Miner (6)
- Apostlebird (5)
- Rufous Songlark (5)
- Australian Reed Warbler (4)
- Australian White Ibis (4)
- Banded Lapwing (4)
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 Goodooga:
- Angledool (47.5 km)
- Lightning Ridge (60.7 km)
- Talawanta (63.6 km)
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Streets
- Adams Street (61)
- Bangate Road (6)
- Bokhara Street (14)
- Brenda Street (11)
- Brewarrina Goodooga Road (4)
- Bukkulla-brenda Road (2)
- Bukulla Brenda Road (1)
- Chandos Street (2)
- Cumborah Road (5)
- Doyle Street (27)
- Fingerpost Road (4)
- Goodooga Brenda Road (5)
- Goodooga Langboyd Road (14)
- Goodooga Road (18)
- Hammond Street (48)
- Walgett Street (2)
- Warraweena Street (4)
