Wooloweyah NSW 2464
213 addresses · 5 streets
Page Electorate › Clarence Valley LGA › Wooloweyah · 528 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wooloweyah is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 419 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,674 a week, with median rent near $403 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Maclean - Yamba - Iluka statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wooloweyah itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 library
2 golf clubs
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
1 plumber
Getting around. Bus interchange: Busways, 4.5 km north · Airport: Clarence Valley Regional Airport, 43.3 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: 81.7% 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 | 81.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 72.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.5% · Labour-force participation 66.4%
Population by age in Wooloweyah
| 0-4 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 48 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 29 |
| 35-44 | 55 |
| 45-54 | 59 |
| 55-64 | 96 |
| 65-74 | 68 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Wooloweyah
| House | 151 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Wooloweyah
| <$650 | 22 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 48 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 53 |
| $3,000+ | 25 |
Top ancestries in Wooloweyah
| English | 202 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 148 |
| Irish | 75 |
| Scottish | 70 |
| German | 35 |
| Other | 24 |
Housing tenure in Wooloweyah
| Owned | 68 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 69 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wooloweyah
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 37 |
| 2 | 80 |
| 3 | 30 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Wooloweyah
| Car | 155 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 29 |
Top countries of birth in Wooloweyah
| New Zealand | 17 |
|---|---|
| England | 16 |
| United States | 7 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,671 bird observations recorded near Wooloweyah — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (288)
- Australian Magpie (250)
- Little Wattlebird (241)
- Crested Tern (198)
- Silver Gull (190)
- Australasian Figbird (187)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (182)
- Willie Wagtail (171)
- Welcome Swallow (168)
- Masked Lapwing (165)
- Brahminy Kite (161)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (161)
- Brown Honeyeater (155)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wooloweyah
- Rainbow Bee-eater (155)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (153)
- Noisy Miner (152)
- Laughing Kookaburra (145)
- Torresian Crow (141)
- Australian Pelican (139)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (135)
- Australian White Ibis (130)
- Noisy Friarbird (123)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (116)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (116)
- White-faced Heron (115)
- Pied Butcherbird (112)
- Crested Pigeon (111)
- Whistling Kite (106)
- Eastern Osprey (104)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (101)
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 Wooloweyah:
- Angourie (1.6 km)
- Yamba (5.1 km)
- Micalo Island (5.6 km)
- Palmers Channel (7.1 km)
- Palmers Island (8.6 km)
- Iluka (8.7 km)
- James Creek (9.7 km)
- Taloumbi (10.9 km)
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Streets
- Campbell Street (9)
- Lakes Boulevard (146)
- Pegus Drive (22)
- Wood Street (1)
- Young Street (35)
