Knockrow NSW 2479
124 addresses · 12 streets
Richmond Electorate › Ballina LGA › Knockrow · 609 km from Sydney
Living Here
Knockrow is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 186 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $2,343 a week, with median rent near $550 a week. Most homes are houses. About 64% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ballina Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Knockrow itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 Catholic church
2 hospitals
1 golf club
Getting around. Bus interchange: Byron Byron Gateway Airport Tour Operators, 8.7 km south · Airport: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, 8.5 km south.
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: 25.3% 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 | 25.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 42.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 63.5%
Population by age in Knockrow
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 42 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Knockrow
| House | 66 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Knockrow
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 24 |
Top ancestries in Knockrow
| English | 88 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 71 |
| Irish | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Knockrow
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 22 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Knockrow
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Knockrow
| Car | 50 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Knockrow
| New Zealand | 9 |
|---|---|
| England | 7 |
| India | 7 |
| Italy | 5 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Knockrow
| Japanese | 4 |
|---|---|
| Punjabi | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,411 bird observations recorded near Knockrow — most often seen:
- Cattle Egret (1,491)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (475)
- Silvereye (406)
- Australian Magpie (367)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (364)
- Australian White Ibis (310)
- Torresian Crow (259)
- Australasian Figbird (255)
- Noisy Miner (253)
- Welcome Swallow (247)
- Willie Wagtail (234)
- Pied Currawong (231)
- Tawny Frogmouth (230)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Knockrow
- Brown Honeyeater (228)
- Red-browed Finch (228)
- Laughing Kookaburra (221)
- White-headed Pigeon (211)
- Pacific Black Duck (209)
- Superb Fairy-wren (201)
- Eastern Whipbird (199)
- Pied Butcherbird (199)
- Crested Pigeon (194)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (191)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (189)
- Magpie-lark (182)
- Masked Lapwing (174)
- Australian Wood Duck (170)
- Little Wattlebird (167)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (164)
- Eastern Rosella (162)
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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Streets
- Alcorn Road (9)
- Carney Place (16)
- Edward Place (9)
- Emigrant Crossing (1)
- Hinterland Way (33)
- Ivy Lane (3)
- Martins Lane (24)
- Martins Lane W (7)
- Newrybar Swamp Road (3)
- Old Byron Bay Road (1)
- Pacific Highway (17)
- School Lane (1)
