Nerong NSW 2423
184 addresses · 11 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Nerong · 177 km from Sydney
Living Here
Nerong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 168 people, with a median age of 59. The typical household earns around $862 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Bulahdelah - Stroud statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nerong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, 42.7 km north-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: 67% 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 | 67.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 77.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.5% · Labour-force participation 30.9%
Population by age in Nerong
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 42 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Nerong
| House | 67 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Nerong
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 27 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Nerong
| Australian | 63 |
|---|---|
| English | 58 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Aboriginal | 12 |
Housing tenure in Nerong
| Owned | 31 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Nerong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Nerong
| Car | 31 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Nerong
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| Cambodia | 6 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Nerong
| Khmer | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
576 bird observations recorded near Nerong — most often seen:
- Noisy Friarbird (32)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (27)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (25)
- Pacific Black Duck (24)
- Whistling Kite (23)
- Laughing Kookaburra (22)
- Magpie-lark (22)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (22)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (21)
- Noisy Miner (21)
- Welcome Swallow (21)
- Willie Wagtail (20)
- Eastern Spinebill (18)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Nerong
- Grey Fantail (18)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (18)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (18)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (18)
- White-throated Treecreeper (18)
- Australian Magpie (17)
- Australian Wood Duck (17)
- Little Black Cormorant (17)
- Little Wattlebird (16)
- Masked Lapwing (16)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (15)
- Brown Thornbill (15)
- Little Pied Cormorant (15)
- South-eastern Yellow Robin (15)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (15)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (15)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (15)
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 Nerong:
- Bombah Point (6.2 km)
- Mungo Brush (8.8 km)
- Crawford River (9.3 km)
- Bulahdelah (11.7 km)
- Boolambayte (13.5 km)
- Girvan (14.6 km)
- Tea Gardens (17.2 km)
- Hawks Nest (18.2 km)
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Streets
- Curlew Crescent (53)
- Egret Street (1)
- Heron Street (18)
- Pacific Highway (8)
- Plover Place (10)
- Redbill Road (13)
- Spoonbill Close (11)
- Teal Close (7)
- Viney Creek Road (1)
- Viney Creek Road W (1)
- Whimbrel Drive (61)
