Gumma NSW 2447

Living Here

Gumma is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 486 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,204 a week, with median rent near $315 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Macksville - Scotts Head statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gumma itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 4 schools

  • Macksville Adventist School
  • Scotts Head Public School
  • Macksville High School
  • Macksville Public School
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Patrick’s Church
• 2 optometrists

  • Dr Lim's Eye Surgery
  • Eyecare Plus
• 1 hospital

  • Macksville Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Macksville Vet Clinic
• 1 library

  • Macksville Library
• 1 gym

  • Club Scotts
• 2 golf clubs

  • Macksville Country Club
  • Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Mitre 10
• 2 mechanics

  • Goodyear Autocare
  • Macksville Automotive
• 8 places to stay

  • Nambucca River Tourist Park
  • Bellevue Riverside Motel
  • Midcoast Motel
  • Star Hotel
  • Mandarin Motel
  • Scotts Lighthouse
  • Pelican Caravan Park
  • The Nambucca Motel

Getting around. Train station: Macksville, 5 km west · Airport: Nambucca Heads Airport, 5.7 km north.

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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: 63.9% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 46%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

34,022 bird observations recorded near Gumma — most often seen:

• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (1,937)
• Noisy Miner (1,832)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,793)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,735)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (1,460)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (1,450)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,232)
• Australian White Ibis (1,218)
• Pied Butcherbird (1,217)
• Magpie-lark (1,213)
• Southern Masked Lapwing (1,211)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,182)
• Little Wattlebird (1,115)

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 Gumma:

• North Macksville (3.6 km)
• Way Way (4 km)
• Scotts Head (4.1 km)
• Macksville (4.6 km)
• Donnellyville (6.1 km)
• Wirrimbi (7 km)
• Warrell Creek (7.9 km)
• Grassy Head (8.2 km)

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