Wallarobba NSW 2420
105 addresses · 6 streets
Lyne Electorate › Dungog LGA › Wallarobba · 159 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wallarobba is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 174 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,781 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Dungog statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wallarobba itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Train station: Martins Creek, 10.2 km south-west · Railway halt: Wallarobba, 950 m north-west · Airport: Maitland Airport, 29.7 km south-west.
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: 17.6% 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 | 17.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 26.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 61.6%
Population by age in Wallarobba
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Wallarobba
| House | 66 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wallarobba
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Wallarobba
| Australian | 82 |
|---|---|
| English | 74 |
| Irish | 17 |
| German | 16 |
| Aboriginal | 15 |
| Scottish | 12 |
Housing tenure in Wallarobba
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 30 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Wallarobba
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Wallarobba
| Car | 58 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Wallarobba
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Wallarobba
| Afrikaans | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
199 bird observations recorded near Wallarobba — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (16)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (12)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (12)
- Galah (11)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (11)
- Eastern Rosella (10)
- Laughing Kookaburra (10)
- Australian Raven (9)
- Noisy Miner (9)
- Striated Pardalote (9)
- Welcome Swallow (8)
- Magpie-lark (6)
- Pacific Black Duck (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wallarobba
- Straw-necked Ibis (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Eastern Spinebill (5)
- Spotted Pardalote (5)
- Willie Wagtail (5)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (5)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (4)
- Crested Pigeon (4)
- Jacky Winter (4)
- Nankeen Kestrel (4)
- Noisy Friarbird (4)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (4)
- Australian King-parrot (3)
- Fairy Martin (3)
- Grey Fantail (3)
- Little Corella (3)
- Masked Lapwing (3)
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 Wallarobba:
- Brookfield (5.4 km)
- Hilldale (5.6 km)
- Wallaringa (5.9 km)
- Wirragulla (6.1 km)
- Glen William (8.9 km)
- Hanleys Creek (9 km)
- Tabbil Creek (9.1 km)
- Martins Creek (9.5 km)
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Streets
- Dungog Road (32)
- Frasers Road (2)
- Sandy Creek Road (8)
- Wallaringa Road (12)
- Wallarobba-brookfield Road (31)
- Welshmans Creek Road (20)
