White Cliffs NSW 2836
569 addresses · 42 streets
Parkes Electorate › Central Darling LGA › White Cliffs · 838 km from Sydney
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Living Here
White Cliffs is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 156 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $617 a week, with median rent near $90 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Far West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: White Cliffs itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
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: 1.2% 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 | 1.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.9% · Labour-force participation 53.7%
Population by age in White Cliffs
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 36 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in White Cliffs
| House | 26 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in White Cliffs
| <$650 | 36 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 17 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in White Cliffs
| Australian | 79 |
|---|---|
| English | 58 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Other | 13 |
| German | 10 |
Housing tenure in White Cliffs
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 19 |
Cars per household in White Cliffs
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in White Cliffs
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 13 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Top countries of birth in White Cliffs
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 5 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
Languages used at home in White Cliffs
| German | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
201 bird observations recorded near White Cliffs — most often seen:
- Singing Honeyeater (16)
- Rufous Songlark (15)
- Crested Pigeon (11)
- Masked Woodswallow (11)
- White-fronted Honeyeater (10)
- Crimson Chat (9)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (9)
- Chestnut-crowned Babbler (8)
- Chirruping Wedgebill (8)
- Willie Wagtail (8)
- Bluebonnet (7)
- White-winged Triller (7)
- Budgerigar (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near White Cliffs
- Emu (6)
- Fairy Martin (6)
- Mulga Parrot (6)
- Purple-backed Fairy-wren (6)
- Cockatiel (5)
- Little Corella (5)
- Pied Honeyeater (5)
- Australian Magpie (4)
- Australian Pipit (4)
- Little Crow (4)
- Magpie-lark (4)
- Red-backed Kingfisher (4)
- Welcome Swallow (4)
- Zebra Finch (4)
- Brown Songlark (3)
- Crested Bellbird (3)
- Diamond Dove (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.
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Streets
- Bell Street (2)
- Beth Street (24)
- Blocks Road (66)
- Bootra Road (1)
- Boundary Lane (20)
- Church Street (22)
- Diamond Lane (2)
- Ethel Street (1)
- Fossicker Street (5)
- Glendara Road (1)
- Harris Street (3)
- Johnston Street (22)
- Kayrunnera Road (22)
- Keraro Lane (2)
- Keraro Road (30)
- Mandalay Road (42)
- Mckenzie Street (1)
- Monolon Road (2)
- Morris Street (4)
- Murphys Road (3)
- Opal Miners Way (13)
- Opal Street (11)
- Psh Kirk (1)
- Quartz Street (1)
- Reola Road (14)
- Richardson Street (3)
- Smiths Hill (26)
- Smiths Hill Road (65)
- Stone Lane (3)
- Stone Street (2)
- Tarella Road (2)
- The Blocks (33)
- The Blocks Road (38)
- The Cut Line (7)
- Topaz Lane (1)
- Turleys Hill (22)
- Turleys Hill Road (37)
- Whipstick Road (7)
- White Cliffs Aerodrome Road (1)
- Wilcannia White Cliffs Road (1)
- Wilcannia-white Cliffs Road (3)
- Yancannia Road (3)
