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Upper Orara NSW 2450

410 addresses · 14 streets

Cowper Electorate › Coffs Harbour LGA › Upper Orara · 433 km from Sydney

Living Here

Upper Orara is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 863 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,739 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

863Population
45Median age
$1,739Median household income / wk
$350Median rent / wk
2.9Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Coramba - Nana Glen - Bucca statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Upper Orara itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Coffs Harbour Regional Airport, 11.4 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 7/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 77.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Upper Orara

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Upper Orara NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202077.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202186.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 58%

Population by age in Upper Orara
Population by age, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-440
5-14131
15-1949
20-2435
25-3480
35-4494
45-54117
55-64144
65-74122
75-8448
85+3
Dwelling types in Upper Orara
Dwelling types, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House266
Townhouse3
Apartment0
Other5
Households by weekly income in Upper Orara
Households by weekly income, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65046
$650-1,49967
$1,500-2,99973
$3,000+56
Top ancestries in Upper Orara
Top ancestries, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian358
English312
Scottish83
Ancestry NS81
Irish65
Other63
Housing tenure in Upper Orara
Housing tenure, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned100
Mortgage108
Rented52
Other10
Cars per household in Upper Orara
Cars per household, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
145
2114
363
4+48
Commute to work in Upper Orara
Commute to work, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car281
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked10
Bicycle0
Home64
Top countries of birth in Upper Orara
Top countries of birth, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England32
New Zealand15
Germany11
Myanmar10
Netherlands8
South Africa8
Languages used at home in Upper Orara
Languages used at home, Upper Orara NSW (ABS Census 2021)
German15
Punjabi6
Spanish3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,794 bird observations recorded near Upper Orara — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Upper Orara

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.