Moorland NSW 2443

Living Here

Moorland is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 516 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,260 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Taree Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Moorland itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Moorland Public School
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Moorland Cottage Cafe
  • Tuckerwagon
• 1 post office

  • Moorland Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Liberty

Getting around. Airport: Taree Airport, 18.1 km south-west.

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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: 31.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.5% · Labour-force participation 55.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,827 bird observations recorded near Moorland — most often seen:

• Laughing Kookaburra (134)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (102)
• Australian Magpie (94)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (85)
• Grey Fantail (80)
• Noisy Miner (80)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (75)
• White-headed Pigeon (75)
• Eastern Whipbird (67)
• Pied Butcherbird (64)
• Common Myna (63)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (62)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater (58)

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 Moorland:

• Lansdowne Forest (4 km)
• Coralville (4.2 km)
• Coopernook (6.2 km)
• Johns River (6.6 km)
• Stewarts River (6.7 km)
• Langley Vale (7.8 km)
• Hannam Vale (9.4 km)
• Moto (9.6 km)

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