James Creek NSW 2463
118 addresses · 9 streets
Page Electorate › Clarence Valley LGA › James Creek · 527 km from Sydney
Living Here
James Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 257 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,774 a week, with median rent near $423 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Maclean - Yamba - Iluka statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: James Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 optometrist
1 hospital
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
1 service station
1 golf club
1 hardware store
1 plumber
Getting around. Airport: Clarence Valley Regional Airport, 39.5 km south-west.
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: 59.2% 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 | 59.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 49.3%
Population by age in James Creek
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 35 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 32 |
| 45-54 | 31 |
| 55-64 | 48 |
| 65-74 | 52 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in James Creek
| House | 83 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in James Creek
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in James Creek
| Australian | 113 |
|---|---|
| English | 87 |
| Irish | 45 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Other | 18 |
Housing tenure in James Creek
| Owned | 55 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 28 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in James Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 48 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in James Creek
| Car | 66 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in James Creek
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 |
| Germany | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
Languages used at home in James Creek
| Spanish | 7 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,577 bird observations recorded near James Creek — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (825)
- Laughing Kookaburra (459)
- Noisy Miner (435)
- Australian Magpie (419)
- Australian White Ibis (335)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (324)
- Crested Pigeon (322)
- Magpie-lark (322)
- Welcome Swallow (314)
- Pacific Black Duck (312)
- Emu (295)
- Willie Wagtail (285)
- Australasian Figbird (269)
Show all 30 birds recorded near James Creek
- Australian Wood Duck (266)
- Masked Lapwing (245)
- Silvereye (243)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (241)
- Pied Butcherbird (238)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (235)
- Noisy Friarbird (229)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (228)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (218)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (203)
- Torresian Crow (203)
- Brown Honeyeater (199)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (195)
- Australian Pelican (193)
- Royal Spoonbill (178)
- Brown Thornbill (174)
- Superb Fairy-wren (173)
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 James Creek:
- Palmers Channel (2.6 km)
- Townsend (2.7 km)
- Harwood (4 km)
- Maclean (4.2 km)
- Gulmarrad (4.5 km)
- Ashby Island (5.3 km)
- Palmers Island (5.5 km)
- Ashby (6.4 km)
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Streets
- Austons Lane (1)
- Citrus Close (10)
- Falcon Court (5)
- Fantail Close (7)
- Gardiners Road (38)
- James Creek Road (34)
- Sapote Street (5)
- Wampi Close (14)
- Yamba Road (4)
