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Grassy Head NSW 2441

93 addresses · 5 streets

Cowper Electorate › Kempsey LGA › Grassy Head · 381 km from Sydney

Living Here

Grassy Head is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 85 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $1,124 a week, with median rent near $288 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 28% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

85Population
59Median age
$1,124Median household income / wk
$288Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Macksville, 11.8 km north-west · Airport: Nambucca Heads Airport, 13.2 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 78.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Grassy Head

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

Tree cover measures, Grassy Head NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202078.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202187.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 10.8% · Labour-force participation 45.7%

Population by age in Grassy Head
Population by age, Grassy Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-140
15-195
20-240
25-349
35-446
45-548
55-6428
65-7419
75-844
85+0
Dwelling types in Grassy Head
Dwelling types, Grassy Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House29
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other3
Households by weekly income in Grassy Head
Households by weekly income, Grassy Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6507
$650-1,49914
$1,500-2,99910
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Grassy Head
Top ancestries, Grassy Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English43
Australian26
Ancestry NS17
Irish14
Scottish12
Italian5
Housing tenure in Grassy Head
Housing tenure, Grassy Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned14
Mortgage6
Rented9
Other3
Cars per household in Grassy Head
Cars per household, Grassy Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
112
29
310
4+4
Commute to work in Grassy Head
Commute to work, Grassy Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car14
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked4
Bicycle0
Home10
Top countries of birth in Grassy Head
Top countries of birth, Grassy Head NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

11,601 bird observations recorded near Grassy Head — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Grassy Head

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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