Wells Crossing NSW 2460
143 addresses · 9 streets
Page Electorate › Clarence Valley LGA › Wells Crossing · 473 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wells Crossing is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 212 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,016 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Grafton Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wells Crossing itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 65.8% 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 | 65.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 84.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 14.1% · Labour-force participation 44.6%
Population by age in Wells Crossing
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 26 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 22 |
| 45-54 | 42 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Wells Crossing
| House | 79 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wells Crossing
| <$650 | 20 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Wells Crossing
| Australian | 90 |
|---|---|
| English | 60 |
| Ancestry NS | 29 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Aboriginal | 19 |
| Irish | 19 |
Housing tenure in Wells Crossing
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 40 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Wells Crossing
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Wells Crossing
| Car | 51 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Wells Crossing
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Philippines | 4 |
| India | 3 |
Languages used at home in Wells Crossing
| Punjabi | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,442 bird observations recorded near Wells Crossing — most often seen:
- Southern Magpie-lark (109)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (102)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (95)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (83)
- Eastern Blue-faced Honeyeater (77)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (77)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (75)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (69)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (65)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (54)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (54)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (51)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (45)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wells Crossing
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (44)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (40)
- South-eastern Little Wattlebird (38)
- Pacific Black Duck (37)
- Australian Wood Duck (35)
- Black-headed Pardalote (34)
- Eastern Little Friarbird (34)
- Southern Boobook (33)
- Southern Lewin's Honeyeater (31)
- Eastern Pied Butcherbird (28)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (28)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (19)
- Black-necked Stork (18)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (18)
- Eastern Jacky Winter (17)
- Eastern Olive-backed Oriole (16)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (16)
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 Wells Crossing:
- Lanitza (4.3 km)
- Kungala (5.7 km)
- Halfway Creek (7.9 km)
- Kremnos (8.5 km)
- Calamia (10.8 km)
- Levenstrath (12.6 km)
- Braunstone (12.9 km)
- Glenugie (13.4 km)
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Streets
- Citris Drive (15)
- Florda Gold Drive (6)
- Florda Prince Drive (13)
- Florda Red Drive (8)
- Pacific Highway (6)
- Parker Road (63)
- Perch Road (17)
- The Desert (10)
- The Desert Road (5)
