Tarban NSW 2372
37 addresses · 5 streets
New England Electorate › Tenterfield LGA › Tarban · 547 km from Sydney
Living Here
Tarban is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 13 people, with a median age of 68. The typical household earns around $1,149 a week. Most homes are houses. About 43% of households own their home and 57% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tenterfield statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tarban itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Stanthorpe Airport, 41.3 km north.
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: 38.1% 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 | 38.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10% · Labour-force participation 71.4%
Population by age in Tarban
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tarban
| House | 6 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in Tarban
| Australian | 5 |
|---|---|
| English | 5 |
| Irish | 5 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Tarban
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tarban
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Tarban
| Car | 0 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
239 bird observations recorded near Tarban — most often seen:
- Nankeen Kestrel (19)
- Eastern Rosella (12)
- Torresian Crow (12)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (11)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (11)
- Australian Magpie (10)
- Magpie-lark (10)
- Pied Butcherbird (10)
- Superb Fairy-wren (10)
- Laughing Kookaburra (9)
- Noisy Miner (9)
- Welcome Swallow (9)
- Little Pied Cormorant (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tarban
- Red-rumped Parrot (8)
- Willie Wagtail (8)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7)
- Common Myna (7)
- Crested Pigeon (7)
- Diamond Firetail (6)
- Dollarbird (6)
- Masked Lapwing (6)
- Straw-necked Ibis (6)
- Striated Pardalote (6)
- Jacky Winter (5)
- Rufous Whistler (5)
- Sacred Kingfisher (5)
- White-throated Gerygone (5)
- Australasian Grebe (4)
- Australian King-parrot (4)
- Brown Falcon (4)
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 Tarban:
- Jennings (7 km)
- Woodside (9.3 km)
- Tenterfield (14.4 km)
- Back Creek (14.4 km)
- Boonoo Boonoo (20.6 km)
- Mole River (22.1 km)
- Carrolls Creek (26.8 km)
- Silent Grove (27.9 km)
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Streets
- Bruxner Highway (1)
- Bruxner Way (9)
- New England Highway (4)
- Tarban Loop Road (2)
- Tarban Road (21)
