Sapphire NSW 2360
30 addresses · 3 streets
New England Electorate › Inverell LGA › Sapphire · 465 km from Sydney
Living Here
Sapphire is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 32 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $330 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, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Inverell Region - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sapphire 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: 19.8% 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 | 19.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 40.5% |
Demographics
Population by age in Sapphire
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 5 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Sapphire
| House | 10 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Sapphire
| English | 21 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 9 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Sapphire
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Sapphire
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Sapphire
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
452 bird observations recorded near Sapphire — most often seen:
- White-winged Chough (46)
- Willie Wagtail (23)
- Australian Magpie (20)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (19)
- Eastern Rosella (18)
- Laughing Kookaburra (18)
- Noisy Friarbird (18)
- Noisy Miner (16)
- Pied Currawong (16)
- Australian Raven (15)
- Pacific Black Duck (15)
- Galah (14)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sapphire
- Grey Teal (14)
- Jacky Winter (14)
- Magpie-lark (14)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (14)
- Apostlebird (13)
- Nankeen Kestrel (13)
- Australian Wood Duck (12)
- Whistling Kite (12)
- Crested Pigeon (11)
- Crimson Rosella (11)
- Masked Lapwing (11)
- Pied Butcherbird (11)
- Australasian Grebe (10)
- Common Bronzewing (10)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (10)
- Welcome Swallow (10)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (10)
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 Sapphire:
- Woodstock (6.4 km)
- Swanbrook (10.7 km)
- Nullamanna (11.6 km)
- Kings Plains (12.3 km)
- Long Plain (13 km)
- Kingsland (13.7 km)
- Elsmore (14.6 km)
- Swan Vale (15.5 km)
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Streets
- Kings Plains Road (21)
- Rickeys Lane (3)
- Woodstock Road (6)
