Potato Point NSW 2545
186 addresses · 9 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Eurobodalla LGA › Potato Point · 266 km from Sydney
Living Here
Potato Point is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 156 people, with a median age of 63. The typical household earns around $1,281 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Eurobodalla Hinterland statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Potato Point itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 beaches
1 post office
1 golf club
1 hardware store
1 plumber
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Moruya Airport, 21.6 km north.
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: 84.9% 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 | 84.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 88.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Potato Point
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 18 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Potato Point
| House | 73 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Potato Point
| <$650 | 11 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 20 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Potato Point
| English | 64 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 52 |
| Scottish | 24 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Aboriginal | 16 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in Potato Point
| Owned | 44 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Potato Point
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 45 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Potato Point
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Potato Point
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Philippines | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
17,785 bird observations recorded near Potato Point — most often seen:
- Little Penguin (1,273)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (856)
- Australian Pelican (761)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (742)
- Crested Tern (734)
- Great Cormorant (729)
- Black Swan (694)
- White-faced Heron (694)
- Masked Lapwing (662)
- Australian Magpie (643)
- Silver Gull (618)
- Red Wattlebird (593)
- Superb Fairy-wren (577)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Potato Point
- Little Pied Cormorant (564)
- Chestnut Teal (540)
- Australian Raven (538)
- Laughing Kookaburra (531)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (525)
- Welcome Swallow (523)
- Red-capped Plover (510)
- Little Black Cormorant (506)
- Great Egret (480)
- Little Wattlebird (460)
- Whistling Kite (456)
- Crimson Rosella (449)
- Pied Currawong (445)
- Eastern Curlew (441)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (424)
- Brown Thornbill (418)
- Grey Butcherbird (399)
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 Potato Point:
- Tuross Head (4.7 km)
- Bodalla (7.7 km)
- Turlinjah (8.1 km)
- Dalmeny (8.2 km)
- Coila (9.6 km)
- Bingie (10.2 km)
- Kianga (11.3 km)
- North Narooma (12.3 km)
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Streets
- Blackfellows Point Road (11)
- Bodalla Road (26)
- Borang Street (20)
- Comerang Place (8)
- Deraquin Street (9)
- Long Point Street (69)
- Potato Point Road (6)
- Riverview Street (13)
- Trunketabella Street (24)
