Monkerai NSW 2415
101 addresses · 7 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Monkerai · 188 km from Sydney
Living Here
Monkerai is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 102 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,281 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bulahdelah - Stroud statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Monkerai itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 46.9% 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 | 46.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.4% · Labour-force participation 51.1%
Population by age in Monkerai
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Monkerai
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Monkerai
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Monkerai
| Australian | 53 |
|---|---|
| English | 33 |
| Scottish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Other | 9 |
Housing tenure in Monkerai
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Monkerai
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Monkerai
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Monkerai
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Monkerai
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
942 bird observations recorded near Monkerai — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (57)
- Satin Bowerbird (53)
- Australian Magpie (46)
- Grey Fantail (43)
- Laughing Kookaburra (43)
- Noisy Friarbird (38)
- Australian Wood Duck (37)
- White-throated Treecreeper (35)
- Magpie-lark (34)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (32)
- Pied Currawong (32)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (32)
- Crimson Rosella (31)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Monkerai
- Australian King-parrot (30)
- Welcome Swallow (30)
- Brown Thornbill (29)
- Eastern Whipbird (28)
- Willie Wagtail (28)
- Superb Fairy-wren (27)
- Red-browed Finch (26)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (26)
- Eastern Spinebill (25)
- Galah (25)
- Dusky Moorhen (24)
- Pied Butcherbird (24)
- Brown Gerygone (23)
- White-browed Scrubwren (22)
- Noisy Miner (21)
- Spotted Pardalote (21)
- Pacific Black Duck (20)
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 Monkerai:
- Weismantels (6.7 km)
- Main Creek (8 km)
- Upper Karuah River (8.1 km)
- Wards River (9.7 km)
- Stroud Road (11.8 km)
- Fosterton (12.5 km)
- Nooroo (12.6 km)
- Stroud Hill (13.3 km)
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Streets
- Cherry Tree Road (4)
- Dixons Cross Road (5)
- Lawlers Creek Road (9)
- Monkerai Road (29)
- Moores Road (22)
- Nevilles Road (2)
- Upper Monkerai Road (30)
