Upper Karuah River NSW 2415
11 addresses · 2 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Upper Karuah River · 193 km from Sydney
Living Here
Upper Karuah River is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3 people, with a median age of 72. The typical household earns around $824 a week. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Bulahdelah - Stroud statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Upper Karuah River 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: 98.4% 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 | 98.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 99.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Upper Karuah River
| 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 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Upper Karuah River
| English | 3 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Upper Karuah River
| New Zealand | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
862 bird observations recorded near Upper Karuah River — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (59)
- Brown Gerygone (53)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (45)
- Eastern Whipbird (44)
- Pied Currawong (43)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (39)
- White-browed Scrubwren (39)
- Grey Fantail (34)
- Red-browed Finch (33)
- Satin Bowerbird (33)
- Superb Lyrebird (31)
- Laughing Kookaburra (29)
- Rufous Fantail (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Karuah River
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren (29)
- Black-faced Monarch (27)
- Brown Thornbill (27)
- Crimson Rosella (25)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (25)
- Golden Whistler (22)
- White-throated Treecreeper (22)
- Green Catbird (20)
- Silvereye (20)
- Superb Fairy-wren (19)
- Eastern Spinebill (18)
- Spotted Pardalote (18)
- Australian Logrunner (16)
- Paradise Riflebird (16)
- Rose Robin (16)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (16)
- Australian King-parrot (15)
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 Karuah River:
- Monkerai (8.1 km)
- Bandon Grove (11.7 km)
- Weismantels (13 km)
- Wards River (13 km)
- Main Creek (13.1 km)
- Berrico (13.7 km)
- Craven (13.9 km)
- Stratford (16.2 km)
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Streets
- Mountain Road (6)
- Upper Monkerai Road (5)
