Mendooran NSW 2842
534 addresses · 55 streets
Parkes Electorate › Warrumbungle Shire LGA › Mendooran · 301 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Mendooran is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 626 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $928 a week, with median rent near $205 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Coonabarabran statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mendooran itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 gym
1 mechanic
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Coolah Airport, 48 km 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: 37.5% 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 | 37.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.7% · Labour-force participation 45.9%
Population by age in Mendooran
| 0-4 | 43 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 86 |
| 15-19 | 46 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 57 |
| 35-44 | 69 |
| 45-54 | 69 |
| 55-64 | 87 |
| 65-74 | 98 |
| 75-84 | 49 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Mendooran
| House | 229 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Mendooran
| <$650 | 68 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 75 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 41 |
| $3,000+ | 24 |
Top ancestries in Mendooran
| Australian | 280 |
|---|---|
| English | 245 |
| Irish | 71 |
| Aboriginal | 65 |
| Scottish | 54 |
| Ancestry NS | 52 |
Housing tenure in Mendooran
| Owned | 118 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 58 |
| Rented | 32 |
| Other | 13 |
Cars per household in Mendooran
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 77 |
| 2 | 92 |
| 3 | 34 |
| 4+ | 23 |
Commute to work in Mendooran
| Car | 102 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 15 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 53 |
Top countries of birth in Mendooran
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| China | 3 |
| Greece | 3 |
Languages used at home in Mendooran
| Arabic | 4 |
|---|---|
| Greek | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,326 bird observations recorded near Mendooran — most often seen:
- Galah (78)
- Common Starling (68)
- Magpie-lark (61)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (57)
- Australian Magpie (53)
- Eastern Galah (53)
- Red-rumped Parrot (51)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (51)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (50)
- Willie Wagtail (49)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (47)
- Australian Wood Duck (44)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (43)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mendooran
- Western Striated Pardalote (43)
- House Sparrow (41)
- Noisy Miner (40)
- Superb Fairy-wren (40)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (40)
- Crested Pigeon (39)
- Eastern Rosella (38)
- Southern Magpie-lark (38)
- White-faced Heron (38)
- Welcome Swallow (35)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (33)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (33)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (33)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (33)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (33)
- Laughing Kookaburra (32)
- Little Pied Cormorant (32)
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
- Abbott Street (17)
- Annaville Road (1)
- Appletree Flat Road (5)
- Bandulla Street (51)
- Beames Road (1)
- Benewa Street (11)
- Beni Crossing Road (3)
- Beni Road (3)
- Bilamurru Road (6)
- Bona Vista Road (4)
- Brambil Street (17)
- Caigan Road (5)
- Castlereagh Highway (44)
- Cobbora Road (13)
- Cobra Street (34)
- Coonabarabran Road (15)
- Dalglish Street (1)
- Dalmallee Road (1)
- Denmire Road (5)
- Dennykymine Road (2)
- Domain Close (7)
- Dunedoo Road (1)
- Farnell Street (32)
- Fishers Access Road (3)
- Forest Road (11)
- Frederick Road (9)
- Gaffs Road (1)
- Grandchester Road (13)
- Gundea Road (2)
- Gydgenboyne Road (1)
- Happy Valley Road (3)
- Lawnside Drive (30)
- Manusu Drive (33)
- Marchant Street (10)
- Mendooran Road (1)
- Mount Bangalore Road (1)
- Muirs Road (1)
- Napier Street (32)
- Pampoo Street (16)
- Pibbon Road (2)
- Pinehurst Road (1)
- Racecourse Road (5)
- Railway Road (13)
- River Street (2)
- Rosehill Pibbon Road (3)
- Rosehill-pibbon Road (3)
- Tooraweenah Road (19)
- Tooraweenah-mendooran Road (3)
- Truskett Street (3)
- Ulungra Springs Road (5)
- Wallaroo Road (5)
- Yalcogran Street (8)
- Yarran Camp Road (1)
- Yarrow Road (14)
- Youngs Access Road (1)
