Upper Crystal Creek NSW 2484
120 addresses · 6 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Upper Crystal Creek · 653 km from Sydney
Living Here
Upper Crystal Creek is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 212 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Upper Crystal Creek itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 23.4 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: 62.5% 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 | 62.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 86.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 47.2%
Population by age in Upper Crystal Creek
| 0-4 | 12 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 36 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 32 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Upper Crystal Creek
| House | 67 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Upper Crystal Creek
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Upper Crystal Creek
| English | 93 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 67 |
| Ancestry NS | 36 |
| Irish | 28 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Italian | 10 |
Housing tenure in Upper Crystal Creek
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Upper Crystal Creek
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Upper Crystal Creek
| Car | 54 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Upper Crystal Creek
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| France | 5 |
| Malaysia | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Upper Crystal Creek
| French | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,184 bird observations recorded near Upper Crystal Creek — most often seen:
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (801)
- Northern Brown Thornbill (649)
- Eastern Brown Honeyeater (579)
- White-headed Pigeon (505)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (493)
- Green Figbird (488)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (474)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (422)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (410)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (403)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (399)
- Wonga Pigeon (377)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (357)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Crystal Creek
- Birds (352)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (332)
- Brown-capped Emerald-dove (326)
- Southern Red-browed Finch (323)
- Australian Brush-turkey (308)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (302)
- Pacific Black Duck (282)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (279)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (273)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (271)
- Laughing Kookaburra (261)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (261)
- Topknot Pigeon (260)
- Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove (258)
- Eastern Whipbird (253)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (244)
- Australian White Ibis (242)
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 Upper Crystal Creek:
- Crystal Creek (4.3 km)
- Nobbys Creek (4.3 km)
- Chillingham (4.4 km)
- Numinbah (4.4 km)
- Dungay (6.1 km)
- Hopkins Creek (6.3 km)
- Zara (6.4 km)
- North Arm (7 km)
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Streets
- Booka Road (18)
- Chauviers Road (21)
- Kazungula Place (6)
- Nobbys Creek Road (1)
- Porters Road (8)
- Upper Crystal Creek Road (66)
