Wee Waa NSW 2388
1,676 addresses · 66 streets
Parkes Electorate › Narrabri LGA › Wee Waa · 437 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Wee Waa is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,034 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,286 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Narrabri Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wee Waa itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
2 parks
1 pharmacy
1 hospital
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
1 post office
2 service stations
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 hardware store
1 hairdresser
1 beauty salon
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Wee Waa Airport, 3.4 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: 18.6% 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 | 18.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 36.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 55.4%
Population by age in Wee Waa
| 0-4 | 146 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 313 |
| 15-19 | 112 |
| 20-24 | 114 |
| 25-34 | 248 |
| 35-44 | 222 |
| 45-54 | 214 |
| 55-64 | 294 |
| 65-74 | 198 |
| 75-84 | 130 |
| 85+ | 46 |
Dwelling types in Wee Waa
| House | 627 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 57 |
| Apartment | 3 |
| Other | 5 |
Households by weekly income in Wee Waa
| <$650 | 165 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 198 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 190 |
| $3,000+ | 70 |
Top ancestries in Wee Waa
| Australian | 921 |
|---|---|
| English | 667 |
| Aboriginal | 354 |
| Ancestry NS | 281 |
| Irish | 192 |
| Scottish | 127 |
Housing tenure in Wee Waa
| Owned | 236 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 195 |
| Rented | 222 |
| Other | 34 |
Cars per household in Wee Waa
| 0 | 41 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 226 |
| 2 | 264 |
| 3 | 108 |
| 4+ | 40 |
Commute to work in Wee Waa
| Car | 599 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 49 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 54 |
Top countries of birth in Wee Waa
| New Zealand | 18 |
|---|---|
| England | 17 |
| United States | 12 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Ireland | 5 |
| South Korea | 5 |
Languages used at home in Wee Waa
| Arabic | 5 |
|---|---|
| Korean | 5 |
| Filipino | 5 |
| Australian Indigenous | 3 |
| Cantonese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,690 bird observations recorded near Wee Waa — most often seen:
- Nankeen Kestrel (84)
- Magpie-lark (81)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (80)
- Crested Pigeon (76)
- Common Starling (75)
- Australian Magpie (70)
- Laughing Kookaburra (68)
- Cockatiel (66)
- House Sparrow (66)
- Pacific Black Duck (65)
- Australian Wood Duck (63)
- Galah (62)
- Grey Teal (62)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wee Waa
- Red-rumped Parrot (61)
- Willie Wagtail (61)
- Rock Dove (55)
- Yellow-throated Miner (54)
- Straw-necked Ibis (48)
- Australian White Ibis (47)
- White-faced Heron (47)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (44)
- Apostlebird (43)
- Pied Butcherbird (43)
- White-winged Chough (43)
- Welcome Swallow (40)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (39)
- Australian Pelican (38)
- Dusky Moorhen (38)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (36)
- Black Kite (35)
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 Wee Waa:
- Yarrie Lake (19.3 km)
- Merah North (21 km)
- Boolcarroll (21.1 km)
- Bohena Creek (26.9 km)
- Cuttabri (31.7 km)
- Narrabri (34.5 km)
- Spring Plains (35.1 km)
- Edgeroi (37.2 km)
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Streets
- Albion Street (28)
- Alma Street (135)
- Boolcarrol Road (58)
- Boundary Street (78)
- Charles Street (25)
- Chifley Road (6)
- Christie Street (11)
- Christy Street (12)
- Church Street (3)
- Coghill Creek Road (2)
- Cormie Avenue (47)
- Cotton Lane (23)
- Cowper Street (93)
- Cudgewa Lane (5)
- Culgoora Road (25)
- Deltapine Place (4)
- Eden Lane (3)
- Empire Place (9)
- Farr Park Road (14)
- Forest Way (15)
- Gabo Place (7)
- Gardens Road (30)
- George Street (50)
- George Wilson Avenue (15)
- Golf Club Road (4)
- Gurleigh Lane (5)
- Harris Lane (7)
- Hawthorne Lane (2)
- Hulls Road (15)
- Inglewood Avenue (4)
- James Hibbens Avenue (38)
- Janewindi Creek Road (3)
- John Gray Avenue (16)
- Kamilaroi Highway (50)
- Kilkenny Court (15)
- Lenore Crescent (15)
- Louis Street (9)
- Lynchs Lane (12)
- Maitland Street (71)
- Middle Route Road (1)
- Mitchell Street (138)
- Myalla Lane (12)
- Nelson Street (6)
- Nuable Road (1)
- Old Pilliga Road (11)
- Pilliga Road (48)
- Prices Lane (6)
- Purcell Avenue (6)
- River Road (7)
- Rivers Street (3)
- Rose Street (218)
- Sandy Hook Lane (13)
- Short Street (23)
- Spring Plains Road (6)
- Stoneville Place (4)
- Stumpy Lane (25)
- Tharlane Road (2)
- Trindalls Lane (5)
- Trucking Yards Lane (9)
- Tuckey Crescent (20)
- Tulladunna Lane (12)
- Vera Leap Road (25)
- Warrior Street (30)
- Werah Creek Road (29)
- Womera Creek Road (2)
- Yarrie Lake Road (50)
