Main Creek NSW 2420
77 addresses · 6 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Main Creek · 181 km from Sydney
Living Here
Main Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,399 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Main Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Dungog, 9.8 km south · Airport: Maitland Airport, 51.1 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: 81.4% 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 | 81.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 87.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 47.1%
Population by age in Main Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Main Creek
| House | 45 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Main Creek
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 18 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Main Creek
| English | 50 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 35 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Aboriginal | 5 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Croatian | 4 |
Housing tenure in Main Creek
| Owned | 21 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Main Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Main Creek
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Main Creek
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
| France | 4 |
Languages used at home in Main Creek
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,017 bird observations recorded near Main Creek — most often seen:
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (109)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (87)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (84)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (81)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (80)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (79)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (76)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (73)
- Wonga Pigeon (73)
- Satin Bowerbird (70)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (67)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (65)
- Eastern Australian Raven (64)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Main Creek
- Pied Currawong (64)
- Laughing Kookaburra (63)
- Superb Lyrebird (62)
- White-throated Treecreeper (62)
- Grey Fantail (61)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (60)
- Eastern Golden Whistler (59)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (59)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (59)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (59)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (59)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (58)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (58)
- Australian Magpie (57)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (57)
- Black-faced Monarch (56)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (56)
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 Main Creek:
- Fosterton (4.6 km)
- Stroud Hill (6.4 km)
- Monkerai (8 km)
- Bendolba (8.1 km)
- Bandon Grove (10.1 km)
- Dungog (10.2 km)
- Nooroo (10.2 km)
- Munni (11.1 km)
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Streets
- Cabbage Tree Road (1)
- Main Creek Road (40)
- Monkerai Road (14)
- Mundis Road (4)
- Skimmings Gap Road (14)
- Stroud Hill Road (4)
