Whiporie NSW 2469
65 addresses · 9 streets
Page Electorate › Richmond Valley LGA › Whiporie · 538 km from Sydney
Living Here
Whiporie is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 114 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, Australian, English. 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 Casino Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Whiporie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 post office
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Casino Airport, 44.8 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: 67.4% 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 | 67.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 75.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Whiporie
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 34 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Whiporie
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Whiporie
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Whiporie
| Ancestry NS | 39 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 38 |
| English | 22 |
| German | 10 |
| Other | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 8 |
Housing tenure in Whiporie
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Whiporie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Whiporie
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Whiporie
| Fiji | 6 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Languages used at home in Whiporie
| Portuguese | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
430 bird observations recorded near Whiporie — most often seen:
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (45)
- Willie Wagtail (24)
- Torresian Crow (23)
- Black-necked Stork (21)
- Welcome Swallow (19)
- Laughing Kookaburra (17)
- Pacific Black Duck (16)
- Australian Magpie (15)
- Noisy Friarbird (15)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (14)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (13)
- Masked Lapwing (13)
- Noisy Miner (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Whiporie
- Rufous Whistler (13)
- Black Swan (12)
- Grey Fantail (12)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (12)
- Peaceful Dove (11)
- Southern Noisy Friarbird (11)
- Striated Pardalote (11)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (11)
- Australasian Grebe (10)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (10)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (10)
- Hardhead (10)
- Little Lorikeet (10)
- Magpie-lark (10)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (10)
- White-faced Heron (10)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (9)
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 Whiporie:
- Camira (9.7 km)
- Mount Marsh (10.8 km)
- Banyabba (12.9 km)
- Gibberagee (16 km)
- Six Mile Swamp (16.1 km)
- Jacky Bulbin Flat (16.2 km)
- Clearfield (16.2 km)
- Myrtle Creek (16.3 km)
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Streets
- Bungawalbin Whiporie Road (13)
- Bungawalbin-whiporie Road (15)
- Camira Creek Road (5)
- Cassidy Road (1)
- Hannas Road (1)
- Lyons Road (1)
- Mount Marsh Road (5)
- Old Tenterfield Road (4)
- Summerland Way (20)
