Kangaroo Creek NSW 2460
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Page Electorate › Clarence Valley LGA › Kangaroo Creek · 463 km from Sydney
Living Here
Kangaroo Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 102 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $974 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Grafton Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Kangaroo Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 70% 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 | 70.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.8% · Labour-force participation 47.7%
Population by age in Kangaroo Creek
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Kangaroo Creek
| House | 40 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Kangaroo Creek
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Kangaroo Creek
| Australian | 41 |
|---|---|
| English | 41 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Aboriginal | 13 |
| German | 8 |
Housing tenure in Kangaroo Creek
| Owned | 25 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Kangaroo Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 22 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Kangaroo Creek
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
114 bird observations recorded near Kangaroo Creek — most often seen:
- Noisy Friarbird (8)
- Tawny Frogmouth (8)
- Black-necked Stork (7)
- Golden Whistler (6)
- Pied Currawong (6)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (5)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (5)
- Spotted Pardalote (5)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (5)
- Eastern Spinebill (4)
- Musk Lorikeet (4)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (4)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (4)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Kangaroo Creek
- White-throated Honeyeater (4)
- White-throated Treecreeper (4)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (3)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (3)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (3)
- Grey Butcherbird (3)
- Rufous Whistler (3)
- Australian King-parrot (2)
- Barking Owl (2)
- Birds (2)
- Brown Thornbill (2)
- Common Bronzewing (2)
- Common Myna (2)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (2)
- Eastern Whipbird (2)
- Masked Owl (2)
- Nankeen Kestrel (2)
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 Kangaroo Creek:
- Blaxlands Creek (9.2 km)
- Kremnos (9.3 km)
- Coutts Crossing (11.7 km)
- Lanitza (12.8 km)
- Nymboida (14.3 km)
- Levenstrath (15.2 km)
- Shannondale (16 km)
- Glenreagh (16.1 km)
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Streets
- Clearview Road (2)
- Kangaroo Creek Road (66)
- Laytons Range Road (4)
- Middle Creek Road (16)
