Mungay Creek NSW 2440
73 addresses · 7 streets
Cowper Electorate › Kempsey LGA › Mungay Creek · 355 km from Sydney
Living Here
Mungay Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 133 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,266 a week, with median rent near $423 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% 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 Kempsey Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mungay Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Airport: Kempsey Airport, 18.6 km south-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: 80.2% 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 | 80.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 85.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.2% · Labour-force participation 48%
Population by age in Mungay Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 28 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Mungay Creek
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mungay Creek
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Mungay Creek
| Australian | 52 |
|---|---|
| English | 50 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Mungay Creek
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mungay Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Mungay Creek
| Car | 35 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Mungay Creek
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
965 bird observations recorded near Mungay Creek — most often seen:
- Australian Wood Duck (51)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (48)
- Common Myna (46)
- Pacific Black Duck (41)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (37)
- Laughing Kookaburra (35)
- Southern Magpie-lark (35)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (34)
- Straw-necked Ibis (34)
- Australian Magpie (33)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (33)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (33)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (33)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mungay Creek
- Southern Willie Wagtail (33)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (32)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (32)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (31)
- Noisy Miner (30)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (29)
- White-necked Heron (29)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (27)
- Galah (27)
- Magpie-lark (27)
- Black-necked Stork (26)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (26)
- Torresian Crow (26)
- Green Figbird (25)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (25)
- White-faced Heron (24)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (23)
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 Mungay Creek:
- Willawarrin (4.3 km)
- Deep Creek (6.1 km)
- Corangula (7.7 km)
- Temagog (8.3 km)
- Hickeys Creek (8.3 km)
- Skillion Flat (10.7 km)
- Toorooka (11.2 km)
- Turners Flat (11.5 km)
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Streets
- Armidale Road (6)
- Dennis Road (12)
- Earth First Road (8)
- Jin-sha Lane (5)
- Mines Road (6)
- Mungay Creek Road (33)
- Old School House Lane (3)
