Curraweela, NSW
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
More advantaged than the national average
Curraweela is more socio-economically advantaged than about 63% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1009, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Curraweela a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 1 component we can score for Curraweela from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
63/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (63/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Housing affordabilityNot scored — no ABS Census median-rent figure for this suburb.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Curraweela at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 67
- Median age
- 53
- Median weekly household income
- $1,375
- SEIFA score
- 1009
- Local government area
- Upper Lachlan Shire
- Coordinates
- -34.2489, 149.7969
Map of Curraweela
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Housing & property in Curraweela
What it costs to live in Curraweela and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median mortgage
- $2,150
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 82%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 0%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Curraweela demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Curraweela demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Curraweela using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 38% and 17% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 4 | 6% |
| Youth (15–24) | 7 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 16 | 25% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 24 | 38% |
| Seniors (65+) | 13 | 20% |
Share of the 64 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 18 | 64% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 5 | 18% |
| Rented | 0 | 0% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 24 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 24 occupied private dwellings in Curraweela.
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,875
- Median weekly personal income
- $691
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 11 (17%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 27 (46%)
- Labour-force participation
- 72.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Employed full-time
- 20
- Employed part-time
- 16
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Curraweela
Is Curraweela a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage, Curraweela rates 63/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
Where is Curraweela?
Curraweela is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire local government area.
What is the population of Curraweela?
At the 2021 Census, Curraweela had a population of about 67.
Is Curraweela an advantaged area?
Curraweela has an ABS SEIFA score of 1009, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 63 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 63% of Australian suburbs.
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