Lake Innes NSW 2446
221 addresses · 15 streets
Lyne Electorate › Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA › Lake Innes · 304 km from Sydney
Living Here
Lake Innes is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 495 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,214 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% 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 Wauchope statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lake Innes itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
3 Catholic churches
1 childcare centre
1 service station
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Wauchope, 8 km north-west · Airport: Port Macquarie Airport, 7.5 km north-east.
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: 68.7% 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 | 68.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 61.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 66.3%
Population by age in Lake Innes
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 69 |
| 15-19 | 50 |
| 20-24 | 31 |
| 25-34 | 31 |
| 35-44 | 53 |
| 45-54 | 68 |
| 55-64 | 90 |
| 65-74 | 50 |
| 75-84 | 24 |
| 85+ | 12 |
Dwelling types in Lake Innes
| House | 155 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Lake Innes
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 36 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 46 |
| $3,000+ | 57 |
Top ancestries in Lake Innes
| Australian | 230 |
|---|---|
| English | 227 |
| Irish | 73 |
| Scottish | 57 |
| Other | 33 |
| German | 26 |
Housing tenure in Lake Innes
| Owned | 73 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 53 |
| Rented | 27 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Lake Innes
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 67 |
| 3 | 37 |
| 4+ | 33 |
Commute to work in Lake Innes
| Car | 174 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 39 |
Top countries of birth in Lake Innes
| England | 21 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Thailand | 6 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Lake Innes
| Arabic | 9 |
|---|---|
| German | 5 |
| Persian | 5 |
| Greek | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,353 bird observations recorded near Lake Innes — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (874)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (782)
- Australian Wood Duck (721)
- Eurasian Coot (609)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (509)
- Masked Lapwing (507)
- Hardhead (485)
- Dusky Moorhen (444)
- Comb-crested Jacana (399)
- Little Black Cormorant (396)
- Laughing Kookaburra (389)
- Magpie-lark (368)
- Australasian Grebe (365)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Lake Innes
- Lewin's Honeyeater (332)
- Superb Fairy-wren (317)
- Australian Magpie (308)
- Torresian Crow (306)
- White-faced Heron (292)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (286)
- Noisy Miner (283)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (277)
- Grey Teal (261)
- Little Pied Cormorant (248)
- Welcome Swallow (235)
- White-headed Pigeon (235)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (228)
- Willie Wagtail (227)
- Chestnut Teal (224)
- Australian White Ibis (223)
- Grey Fantail (223)
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 Lake Innes:
- Thrumster (3.3 km)
- Sancrox (5 km)
- King Creek (5.1 km)
- Rawdon Island (7.4 km)
- Fernbank Creek (7.9 km)
- Lake Cathie (8.4 km)
- Wauchope (8.5 km)
- Port Macquarie (9.5 km)
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Streets
- Apanie Road (14)
- Birralee Drive (47)
- Boswell Drive (6)
- Burrawan Forest Drive (28)
- Coolamon Road (2)
- Cowarra Access Road (1)
- Forest Oak Road (1)
- Guulabaa Way (2)
- Kristel Place (4)
- Lake Innes Drive (66)
- Pacific Parkway (1)
- Paperbark Place (16)
- Ryans Road (9)
- Stoney Creek Road (1)
- Tall Timber Road (23)
