Tamban NSW 2441
92 addresses · 9 streets
Cowper Electorate › Nambucca Valley LGA › Tamban · 367 km from Sydney
Living Here
Tamban is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 94 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $270 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 Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Nambucca Heads Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tamban 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: 81.5% 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 | 81.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 84.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 15.2% · Labour-force participation 54.1%
Population by age in Tamban
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 21 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tamban
| House | 38 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tamban
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 22 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Tamban
| Australian | 43 |
|---|---|
| English | 38 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Maltese | 6 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in Tamban
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 16 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tamban
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Tamban
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,626 bird observations recorded near Tamban — most often seen:
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (103)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (71)
- Grey Fantail (66)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (66)
- Pacific Black Duck (64)
- White-throated Treecreeper (62)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (60)
- Laughing Kookaburra (60)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (59)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (58)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (58)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (56)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (56)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tamban
- Australian Wood Duck (55)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (53)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (51)
- Australian Torresian Crow (50)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (49)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (47)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (47)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (47)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (46)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (46)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (46)
- Wonga Pigeon (46)
- Little Pied Cormorant (43)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (42)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (41)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (39)
- Eastern Whipbird (39)
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 Tamban:
- Eungai Rail (6.1 km)
- Eungai Creek (6.1 km)
- Allgomera (6.1 km)
- Barraganyatti (9.2 km)
- Yarrahapinni (11.8 km)
- Warrell Creek (12.8 km)
- Collombatti (13.1 km)
- Clybucca (13.2 km)
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Streets
- Dures Lane (7)
- Elliots Road (11)
- Johnsons Road (1)
- Ocean View Drive (10)
- Partridges Road (3)
- Sanders Road (4)
- Searles Road (20)
- South Bank Road (21)
- Tamban Road (15)
