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Lurnea NSW 2170

3,858 addresses · 84 streets

Werriwa Electorate › Liverpool LGA › Lurnea · 30 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Lurnea is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 10,057 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $1,239 a week, with median rent near $380 a week. Most homes are houses. About 56% of households own their home and 42% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Lebanese, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

10,057Population
32Median age
$1,239Median household income / wk
$380Median rent / wk
3.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Prestons - Lurnea statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Lurnea itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Casula, 2.2 km south-east · Airport: Bankstown Airport, 8.9 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 5.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Lurnea

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Lurnea NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20205.1%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 20195.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20219.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 8.6% · Labour-force participation 37.2%

Population by age in Lurnea
Population by age, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4783
5-141,691
15-19732
20-24662
25-341,416
35-441,285
45-541,106
55-641,069
65-74739
75-84429
85+132
Dwelling types in Lurnea
Dwelling types, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House2,175
Townhouse631
Apartment83
Other0
Households by weekly income in Lurnea
Households by weekly income, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650623
$650-1,499963
$1,500-2,999797
$3,000+319
Top ancestries in Lurnea
Top ancestries, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Other3,363
Australian1,649
Lebanese1,472
English1,236
Ancestry NS1,071
Vietnamese451
Housing tenure in Lurnea
Housing tenure, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned711
Mortgage888
Rented1,208
Other37
Cars per household in Lurnea
Cars per household, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0299
11,046
2948
3347
4+198
Commute to work in Lurnea
Commute to work, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,418
Train27
Bus27
Tram/ferry0
Walked24
Bicycle4
Home490
Top countries of birth in Lurnea
Top countries of birth, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Iraq1,025
Lebanon629
Vietnam338
Fiji208
New Zealand132
Philippines121
Languages used at home in Lurnea
Languages used at home, Lurnea NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Arabic3,226
Vietnamese469
Serbian178
Hindi168
Spanish157
Urdu156

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

25,985 bird observations recorded near Lurnea — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Lurnea

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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