Rocky Glen NSW 2357
58 addresses · 7 streets
Parkes Electorate › Warrumbungle Shire LGA › Rocky Glen · 344 km from Sydney
Living Here
Rocky Glen is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 65 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $933 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, French. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Coonabarabran statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rocky Glen 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: 45.8% 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 | 45.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 75.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.9% · Labour-force participation 55.4%
Population by age in Rocky Glen
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Rocky Glen
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rocky Glen
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Rocky Glen
| English | 28 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 22 |
| French | 6 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Scottish | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
Housing tenure in Rocky Glen
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rocky Glen
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Rocky Glen
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Rocky Glen
| France | 6 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Rocky Glen
| French | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
333 bird observations recorded near Rocky Glen — most often seen:
- Eastern Rosella (15)
- Laughing Kookaburra (15)
- Australian Magpie (14)
- Pied Currawong (14)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (14)
- Noisy Miner (13)
- Rufous Whistler (13)
- Australian Raven (12)
- Emu (12)
- Nankeen Kestrel (12)
- Spotted Pardalote (12)
- Weebill (12)
- Willie Wagtail (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rocky Glen
- Magpie-lark (11)
- Noisy Friarbird (11)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (11)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (10)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (10)
- Jacky Winter (10)
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- Striated Pardalote (10)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (10)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (9)
- Galah (9)
- Grey Butcherbird (9)
- Welcome Swallow (9)
- White-throated Treecreeper (9)
- White-winged Chough (9)
- Crested Pigeon (8)
- Little Lorikeet (8)
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 Rocky Glen:
- Napier Lane (15.5 km)
- Dandry (16.4 km)
- Goolhi (20.5 km)
- Nombi (22.5 km)
- Ulamambri (27.9 km)
- Purlewaugh (28.3 km)
- Coonabarabran (32.4 km)
- Mullaley (34.2 km)
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Streets
- Albert Wright Road (6)
- Borah Creek Road (15)
- Newell Highway (1)
- Oxley Highway (23)
- Rayak Road (1)
- Wyuna Road (5)
- Yaminbah Road (7)
