Wooyung NSW 2483
76 addresses · 8 streets
Richmond Electorate › Tweed LGA › Wooyung · 642 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wooyung is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 139 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,093 a week, with median rent near $315 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Pottsville statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wooyung itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 service station
2 golf clubs
1 dog park
Getting around. Airport: Gold Coast Airport, 31.3 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: 36.3% 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 | 36.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 46.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.5% · Labour-force participation 51.6%
Population by age in Wooyung
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 16 |
| 25-34 | 14 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 19 |
| 65-74 | 21 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Wooyung
| House | 39 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Wooyung
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Wooyung
| English | 61 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 44 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Irish | 17 |
| German | 16 |
| Scottish | 13 |
Housing tenure in Wooyung
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Wooyung
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Wooyung
| Car | 33 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Top countries of birth in Wooyung
| England | 4 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,170 bird observations recorded near Wooyung — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (586)
- Grey Fantail (473)
- Australasian Figbird (448)
- Eastern Whipbird (433)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (419)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (402)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (399)
- Brown Thornbill (382)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (377)
- White-browed Scrubwren (358)
- Silvereye (357)
- Pied Currawong (349)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (306)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wooyung
- Noisy Friarbird (292)
- Spangled Drongo (282)
- Laughing Kookaburra (275)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (271)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (251)
- Olive-backed Oriole (245)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (244)
- Torresian Crow (233)
- Rufous Whistler (227)
- Wonga Pigeon (207)
- Australian Magpie (205)
- Brown Cuckoo-dove (199)
- White-headed Pigeon (195)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (193)
- Varied Triller (189)
- Noisy Miner (188)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (185)
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 Wooyung:
- Sleepy Hollow (3.6 km)
- Mooball (3.9 km)
- Yelgun (4.7 km)
- Crabbes Creek (4.7 km)
- South Golden Beach (5.4 km)
- Billinudgel (6.2 km)
- Burringbar (6.4 km)
- Cudgera Creek (6.6 km)
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Streets
- Hulls Road (1)
- Jones Road (8)
- Pottsville Road (1)
- Tea Tree Road (5)
- Tweed Coast Road (1)
- Tweed Valley Way (10)
- Warwick Park Road (30)
- Wooyung Road (20)
