Thumb Creek NSW 2447
29 addresses · 4 streets
Cowper Electorate › Nambucca Valley LGA › Thumb Creek · 380 km from Sydney
Living Here
Thumb Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 36 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $725 a week, with median rent near $95 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, English, Australian. 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: Thumb Creek 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: 85.8% 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 | 85.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 97.6% |
Demographics
Population by age in Thumb Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Thumb Creek
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Thumb Creek
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Thumb Creek
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
|---|---|
| English | 11 |
| Australian | 8 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Dutch | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Thumb Creek
| Owned | 4 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Thumb Creek
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Thumb Creek
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Thumb Creek
| Zimbabwe | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
620 bird observations recorded near Thumb Creek — most often seen:
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (308)
- Bell Miner (24)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (23)
- Eastern Whipbird (22)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (21)
- Brown Gerygone (14)
- White-browed Scrubwren (14)
- Golden Whistler (13)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (13)
- Rufous Fantail (13)
- Pied Currawong (10)
- Satin Bowerbird (10)
- Australian King-parrot (9)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Thumb Creek
- Black-faced Monarch (9)
- Crimson Rosella (9)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (9)
- Superb Lyrebird (9)
- Wonga Pigeon (9)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (8)
- Eastern Spinebill (8)
- Mistletoebird (8)
- Olive-backed Oriole (8)
- White-throated Treecreeper (8)
- Sooty Owl (7)
- Grey Fantail (6)
- Laughing Kookaburra (6)
- Spangled Drongo (6)
- Wompoo Fruit-dove (6)
- Red-browed Treecreeper (5)
- Southern Boobook (5)
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 Thumb Creek:
- Burrapine (8.4 km)
- Girralong (11.6 km)
- Buckra Bendinni (14.6 km)
- Upper Taylors Arm (16.4 km)
- Taylors Arm (17.2 km)
- Bellbrook (17.9 km)
- Argents Hill (18.3 km)
- Yarranbella (18.7 km)
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Streets
- Bellbird Road (2)
- Lawrence Creek Trail (1)
- Little Thumb Creek Road (3)
- Taylors Arm Road (23)
