Valla NSW 2448
605 addresses · 45 streets
Cowper Electorate › Nambucca Valley LGA › Valla · 401 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Valla is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,052 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,617 a week, with median rent near $310 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Valla itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 post office
1 golf club
2 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Nambucca Heads, 5.2 km south · Airport: Nambucca Heads Airport, 10 km south.
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: 59.1% 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 | 59.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 73.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 61.7%
Population by age in Valla
| 0-4 | 59 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 122 |
| 15-19 | 69 |
| 20-24 | 37 |
| 25-34 | 78 |
| 35-44 | 108 |
| 45-54 | 149 |
| 55-64 | 223 |
| 65-74 | 147 |
| 75-84 | 55 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Valla
| House | 367 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Valla
| <$650 | 62 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 99 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 97 |
| $3,000+ | 85 |
Top ancestries in Valla
| English | 480 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 454 |
| Scottish | 143 |
| Irish | 122 |
| Ancestry NS | 56 |
| Other | 42 |
Housing tenure in Valla
| Owned | 161 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 161 |
| Rented | 36 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Valla
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 78 |
| 2 | 154 |
| 3 | 71 |
| 4+ | 52 |
Commute to work in Valla
| Car | 341 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 98 |
Top countries of birth in Valla
| England | 42 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 |
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Germany | 6 |
| France | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
Languages used at home in Valla
| French | 8 |
|---|---|
| German | 5 |
| Spanish | 5 |
| Arabic | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,079 bird observations recorded near Valla — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (1,057)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (793)
- Eastern Spinebill (548)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (540)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (339)
- White-browed Scrubwren (339)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (332)
- Laughing Kookaburra (295)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (291)
- Red-browed Finch (276)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (274)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (269)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (258)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Valla
- Golden Whistler (256)
- White-faced Heron (248)
- Silvereye (231)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (230)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (229)
- Little Wattlebird (225)
- Brown Thornbill (216)
- Grey Fantail (212)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (212)
- Eastern Whipbird (197)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (189)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (182)
- Eastern White-cheeked Honeyeater (172)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (170)
- Silver Gull (170)
- Noisy Miner (167)
- Rufous Fantail (162)
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 Valla:
- Valla Beach (3.8 km)
- Hyland Park (4.5 km)
- Nambucca Heads (7.5 km)
- Newee Creek (8 km)
- Tewinga (9.6 km)
- Urunga (10.2 km)
- Wirrimbi (10.4 km)
- Spicketts Creek (10.8 km)
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Streets
- Auld Close (15)
- Avocado Road (5)
- Bale Close (7)
- Ballards Road (5)
- Blackbutt Lane (8)
- Blackbutt Road (4)
- Boggy Creek Road (23)
- Bowerbird Lane (8)
- Broughams Road (3)
- Burkes Lane (23)
- Codys Road (9)
- Colemans Road (9)
- Corkwood Road (5)
- Cow Creek Road (4)
- Cowins Road (2)
- Deep Creek Road (10)
- East West Road (33)
- Echidna Road (5)
- Flame Tree Road (4)
- Forest Oak Chase (7)
- Foxs Road (7)
- Fuerte Drive (15)
- Giinagay Way (15)
- Hawks Road (1)
- Hollings Close (3)
- Jackwood Road (4)
- Koala Close (6)
- Logans Road (12)
- Mitchells Road (33)
- Morningside Drive (6)
- Oyster Creek Road (7)
- Oyster Drive (2)
- Pacific Highway (21)
- Pearl Circuit (42)
- Pickett Hill Close (12)
- Priory Parade (33)
- Red Ash Road (2)
- Sharwill Drive (16)
- Sullivans Road (71)
- Tallowood Terrace (11)
- Timbertop Court (5)
- Tuckeroo Road (2)
- Valla Road (75)
- Wenonah Close (6)
- Zutano Close (9)
