Wardrop Valley NSW 2484
44 addresses · 4 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Wardrop Valley · 649 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wardrop Valley is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 80 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,312 a week, with median rent near $298 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Dutch. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 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: Wardrop Valley itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
1 optometrist
1 hospital
1 library
1 golf club
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 21.9 km north.
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: 77.8% 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 | 77.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7% · Labour-force participation 64.2%
Population by age in Wardrop Valley
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wardrop Valley
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wardrop Valley
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Wardrop Valley
| Australian | 49 |
|---|---|
| English | 40 |
| Dutch | 12 |
| German | 7 |
| Other | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
Housing tenure in Wardrop Valley
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Wardrop Valley
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Wardrop Valley
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Wardrop Valley
| New Zealand | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,370 bird observations recorded near Wardrop Valley — most often seen:
- Cattle Egret (4,654)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (776)
- Australian White Ibis (283)
- Pacific Black Duck (255)
- White-headed Pigeon (254)
- Australasian Figbird (247)
- Wonga Pigeon (245)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (237)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (232)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (227)
- South-east Eastern Whipbird (218)
- Eastern Bar-shouldered Dove (216)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (213)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wardrop Valley
- Australian Brush-turkey (209)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (209)
- North-eastern Yellow Robin (207)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (205)
- Green Figbird (202)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (202)
- Pied Currawong (196)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (193)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (192)
- Southern Magpie-lark (192)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (192)
- Noisy Miner (190)
- South-eastern Grey Butcherbird (189)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (187)
- Southern Brown Cuckoo-dove (184)
- Welcome Swallow (184)
- Australian Wood Duck (180)
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 Wardrop Valley:
- Fernvale (2.3 km)
- Kielvale (2.3 km)
- South Murwillumbah (3.8 km)
- Nunderi (4.4 km)
- Reserve Creek (4.6 km)
- Palmvale (4.8 km)
- Dunbible (5.2 km)
- Clothiers Creek (5.2 km)
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Streets
- Cooradilla Road (1)
- Smarts Road (19)
- Turners Road (6)
- Wardrop Valley Road (18)
