Tyalgum Creek NSW 2484
86 addresses · 8 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Tyalgum Creek · 642 km from Sydney
Living Here
Tyalgum Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 129 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $1,174 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. 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 Murwillumbah Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tyalgum Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 post office
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 38.2 km north-east.
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: 54% 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 | 54.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.9% · Labour-force participation 48.7%
Population by age in Tyalgum Creek
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 29 |
| 65-74 | 38 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tyalgum Creek
| House | 57 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tyalgum Creek
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 30 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Tyalgum Creek
| English | 73 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 46 |
| German | 14 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
Housing tenure in Tyalgum Creek
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Tyalgum Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Tyalgum Creek
| Car | 29 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Tyalgum Creek
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 5 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,633 bird observations recorded near Tyalgum Creek — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (139)
- White-headed Pigeon (127)
- Australian Magpie (126)
- Willie Wagtail (124)
- Torresian Crow (121)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (118)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (105)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (102)
- Welcome Swallow (102)
- Magpie-lark (97)
- Galah (96)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (92)
- Noisy Miner (88)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tyalgum Creek
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (87)
- Pacific Black Duck (86)
- Crested Pigeon (84)
- Australasian Figbird (82)
- Pied Butcherbird (79)
- Superb Fairy-wren (77)
- Brown Thornbill (76)
- Noisy Friarbird (71)
- Masked Lapwing (70)
- Little Corella (69)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (68)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (68)
- Eastern Whipbird (63)
- Red-browed Finch (57)
- Restless Flycatcher (56)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (52)
- Australian King-parrot (51)
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 Tyalgum Creek:
- Pumpenbil (3.5 km)
- Tyalgum (4.1 km)
- Limpinwood (5.6 km)
- Back Creek (6.3 km)
- Brays Creek (7.4 km)
- Zara (8.7 km)
- Hopkins Creek (9.2 km)
- Chillingham (11.1 km)
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Streets
- Boxsell Road (3)
- Butlers Road (6)
- Carraboi Terrace (3)
- Davis Road (2)
- Eaglehawk Close (9)
- Hoggs Road (7)
- Stoddarts Road (10)
- Tyalgum Creek Road (46)
