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Summer Island NSW 2440

45 addresses · 2 streets

Cowper Electorate › Kempsey LGA › Summer Island · 361 km from Sydney

Living Here

Summer Island is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 93 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,100 a week, with median rent near $450 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, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

93Population
41Median age
$2,100Median household income / wk
$450Median rent / wk
3.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Kempsey Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Summer Island itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Cavanagh's Lower Macleay Bus Terminal, 4.5 km south-west · Airport: Kempsey Airport, 21.7 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 1.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Summer Island

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

Tree cover measures, Summer Island NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20201.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20212.8%

Demographics

Population by age in Summer Island
Population by age, Summer Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-44
5-1415
15-198
20-244
25-3410
35-4414
45-5416
55-6418
65-747
75-844
85+0
Dwelling types in Summer Island
Dwelling types, Summer Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House29
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Summer Island
Households by weekly income, Summer Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4993
$1,500-2,99918
$3,000+3
Top ancestries in Summer Island
Top ancestries, Summer Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian49
English40
Aboriginal12
Irish8
German4
Other3
Housing tenure in Summer Island
Housing tenure, Summer Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned21
Mortgage4
Rented5
Other0
Cars per household in Summer Island
Cars per household, Summer Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
28
311
4+7
Commute to work in Summer Island
Commute to work, Summer Island NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car37
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked4
Bicycle0
Home9

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

6,842 bird observations recorded near Summer Island — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Summer 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.

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Image — Macleay Grass Man · CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).