Murga NSW 2864
35 addresses · 6 streets
Calare Electorate › Cabonne LGA › Murga · 255 km from Sydney
Living Here
Murga is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 58 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Forbes statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Murga 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: 27.8% 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 | 27.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 45.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 47.1%
Population by age in Murga
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Murga
| House | 14 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Murga
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Murga
| Australian | 24 |
|---|---|
| English | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Irish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Murga
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Murga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Murga
| Car | 12 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
223 bird observations recorded near Murga — most often seen:
- Galah (14)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (11)
- Australian Magpie (10)
- Common Starling (9)
- Diamond Firetail (9)
- Eastern Rosella (9)
- Magpie-lark (9)
- Southern Magpie-lark (9)
- Eastern Galah (8)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (8)
- Rufous Songlark (8)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (8)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Murga
- White-winged Chough (8)
- Australian Raven (7)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (7)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (7)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (7)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (6)
- Nankeen Kestrel (6)
- Noisy Miner (6)
- Rufous Whistler (6)
- Striated Pardalote (6)
- Western Striated Pardalote (6)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (6)
- Apostlebird (5)
- Brown Falcon (5)
- Common Bronzewing (5)
- Eastern Australian Raven (5)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (5)
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 Murga:
- Toogong (11.2 km)
- Mandagery (15.2 km)
- Eugowra (16.5 km)
- Nyrang Creek (19.4 km)
- Cudal (21.4 km)
- Bumberry (21.4 km)
- Manildra (24.5 km)
- Canowindra (25.6 km)
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Streets
- Cleveland Road (2)
- Dripping Rock Road (1)
- Reedy Creek Road (7)
- Rodwells Road (2)
- The Escort Way (17)
- Yells Road (6)