Quambone NSW 2831
197 addresses · 23 streets
Parkes Electorate › Coonamble LGA › Quambone · 453 km from Sydney
Living Here
Quambone is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 128 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,100 a week, with median rent near $80 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Coonamble statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Quambone itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Coonamble Airport, 48.2 km 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: 4.3% 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 | 4.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 48%
Population by age in Quambone
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Quambone
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Quambone
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 10 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Quambone
| Australian | 40 |
|---|---|
| English | 36 |
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| Aboriginal | 16 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 10 |
Housing tenure in Quambone
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Quambone
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Quambone
| Car | 19 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Quambone
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,274 bird observations recorded near Quambone — most often seen:
- Magpie-lark (80)
- Australian Magpie (72)
- Willie Wagtail (66)
- Crested Pigeon (65)
- Bluebonnet (61)
- Yellow-throated Miner (60)
- Galah (57)
- Common Starling (52)
- Apostlebird (50)
- Pied Butcherbird (45)
- Red-rumped Parrot (45)
- Nankeen Kestrel (41)
- Cockatiel (40)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Quambone
- Welcome Swallow (40)
- Little Raven (39)
- Australian Raven (36)
- Black-faced Woodswallow (35)
- Emu (35)
- White-faced Heron (35)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (32)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (32)
- White-winged Chough (32)
- Brown Falcon (31)
- Straw-necked Ibis (31)
- Fairy Martin (28)
- Grey Butcherbird (27)
- Masked Lapwing (27)
- Striated Pardalote (27)
- Zebra Finch (27)
- Australian Wood Duck (26)
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 Quambone:
- Oxley (21.4 km)
- Conimbia (29.4 km)
- Tooloon (30.8 km)
- Macquarie Marshes (35.1 km)
- Marthaguy (35.8 km)
- Mount Foster (39.8 km)
- Bourbah (44.9 km)
- Mount Harris (46.1 km)
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Streets
- Buckimbe Street (3)
- Cooma Street (12)
- Dynong Road (2)
- Emby Road (1)
- Gibson Way (1)
- Gibsons Way (1)
- Gidgerah Street (16)
- Gilgunnia Street (4)
- Gulargambone Road (11)
- Haydens Lane (4)
- Marthaguy Road (5)
- Merri Merri Road (14)
- Mungie Street (27)
- Peronne Road (2)
- Quabathoo Road (1)
- Quabothoo Street (18)
- Quambone Road (7)
- Sandy Camp Road (8)
- Thurn Road (4)
- Tucka Tucka Street (40)
- Warrabah Road (5)
- Weribidee Street (9)
- Yarea Street (2)
