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Goonellabah NSW 2480

7,929 addresses · 269 streets

Page Electorate › Lismore LGA › Goonellabah · 596 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Goonellabah is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 13,351 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,318 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

13,351Population
41Median age
$1,318Median household income / wk
$320Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Goonellabah statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Goonellabah itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Railway halt: Heritage Park, 5.4 km west · Bus interchange: Lismore Transit Centre, 5.2 km west · Airport: Lismore Airport, 6.6 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources3/10
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: 20.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Goonellabah

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

Tree cover measures, Goonellabah NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202020.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202146.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 57.2%

Population by age in Goonellabah
Population by age, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4790
5-141,660
15-19778
20-24711
25-341,628
35-441,572
45-541,569
55-641,646
65-741,537
75-84992
85+466
Dwelling types in Goonellabah
Dwelling types, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House4,095
Townhouse949
Apartment219
Other0
Households by weekly income in Goonellabah
Households by weekly income, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6501,052
$650-1,4991,757
$1,500-2,9991,566
$3,000+606
Top ancestries in Goonellabah
Top ancestries, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian5,514
English5,501
Irish1,706
Scottish1,459
Aboriginal963
Ancestry NS814
Housing tenure in Goonellabah
Housing tenure, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,885
Mortgage1,681
Rented1,517
Other108
Cars per household in Goonellabah
Cars per household, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0299
12,029
21,989
3621
4+264
Commute to work in Goonellabah
Commute to work, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car4,270
Train0
Bus22
Tram/ferry0
Walked60
Bicycle10
Home640
Top countries of birth in Goonellabah
Top countries of birth, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England273
New Zealand123
Philippines91
India75
Germany50
Italy50
Languages used at home in Goonellabah
Languages used at home, Goonellabah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Punjabi69
Australian Indigenous66
Italian66
Mandarin49
Vietnamese44
German38

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

17,771 bird observations recorded near Goonellabah — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Goonellabah

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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