Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Palmers Island NSW 2463

299 addresses · 20 streets

Page Electorate › Clarence Valley LGA › Palmers Island · 532 km from Sydney

Living Here

Palmers Island is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 482 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,404 a week, with median rent near $313 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

482Population
49Median age
$1,404Median household income / wk
$313Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Maclean - Yamba - Iluka statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Palmers Island itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Busways, 6.6 km east · Ferry wharf: Iluka Wharf, 6.1 km east · Airport: Clarence Valley Regional Airport, 44.9 km south-west.

Run a business in Palmers Island? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources7/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 10.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Palmers Island

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Palmers Island NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202010.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20215.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 58.7%

Population by age in Palmers Island
Population by age, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-414
5-1469
15-1923
20-2415
25-3434
35-4451
45-5462
55-6491
65-7476
75-8432
85+12
Dwelling types in Palmers Island
Dwelling types, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House146
Townhouse4
Apartment0
Other22
Households by weekly income in Palmers Island
Households by weekly income, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65028
$650-1,49957
$1,500-2,99944
$3,000+25
Top ancestries in Palmers Island
Top ancestries, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian206
English193
Scottish78
Irish67
Ancestry NS42
Other18
Housing tenure in Palmers Island
Housing tenure, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned88
Mortgage57
Rented19
Other6
Cars per household in Palmers Island
Cars per household, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
03
133
282
331
4+11
Commute to work in Palmers Island
Commute to work, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car151
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked13
Bicycle0
Home24
Top countries of birth in Palmers Island
Top countries of birth, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England19
Netherlands4
New Zealand4
Taiwan4
Languages used at home in Palmers Island
Languages used at home, Palmers Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin5
Italian3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

6,299 bird observations recorded near Palmers Island — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Palmers Island

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 Palmers Island:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Palmers Island stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Palmers Island

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Kksgram · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).