Chowan Creek Postcode

New South Wales

Inner Regional Bottom 20% SEIFA

2484

Postcode for Chowan Creek, NSW
Phone area code: 02 · 636 km from Sydney · Pop. 57

Population

Median Age

$866

Household Income/wk

$320

Median Rent/wk

2/10

SEIFA Advantage

12.5

Area (km²)

Income, rent and SEIFA figures are from the ABS 2021 Census and are reported in 2021 dollars, not adjusted for subsequent inflation.

Where Chowan Creek ranks: household income sits in the bottom 25% of NSW suburbs; SEIFA decile 2 places it in the bottom 20% of Australia for socio-economic advantage.

How Chowan Creek Compares

Chowan Creek vs the NSW average and the national average (2021 Census, population-weighted).

Metric	Chowan Creek	NSW avg	AU avg
Household income/wk	$866 -NSW	$1,931	$1,836
Rent/wk	$320 -NSW	$445	$390
Mortgage/month	$919 -NSW	$2,247	$1,958
Median age	59	45.0	45.0
SEIFA decile	2/10 -NSW	6.0/10	6.0/10
Unemployment	0.0% -NSW	5.0%	5.0%

Green pill = at least 10% above the NSW average; red = at least 10% below; grey = within 10%. For unemployment, colour polarity is inverted: lower is better.

Chowan Creek is a locality 636 km from Sydney in New South Wales, classified as inner regional by the ABS. The postcode is 2484. It falls within the Richmond - Tweed region. The local government area is Tweed.

According to the 2021 Census, Chowan Creek has a population of 57 with a median age of 59. The median weekly household income is $866, below the NSW average.

Housing in Chowan Creek includes a median weekly rent of $320, median monthly mortgage repayment of $919, with 14 total dwellings. Housing costs in the area sit below the NSW average. Owner-occupied dwellings (owned or mortgaged) make up 76.9% of housing.

On the SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage, Chowan Creek scores in decile 2 out of 10, which is well below the national average.

Chowan Creek is part of the Tweed Valley statistical area in New South Wales.

Chowan Creek Details

Postcode	2484
State	New South Wales (NSW)
Phone Area Code	02
Population (2021)	57
Median Age	59 years
Median Household Income (Census 2021)	$866/week
Median Personal Income (Census 2021)	$459/week
Median Weekly Rent (Census 2021)	$320
Median Monthly Mortgage (Census 2021)	$919
Average Household Size	2.3 persons
Area	12.5 km²
Population Density	5/km²
Total Dwellings	14
Australian Citizens	43.9%
Unemployment Rate	0.0%
SEIFA IRSAD Decile	2/10 (well below average)
Latitude	-28.4522931
Longitude	153.3741449
Distance from Sydney	636 km
Region (SA4)	Richmond - Tweed
Area (SA3)	Tweed Valley
Local Government	Tweed
Federal Electorate	Richmond

Age Profile

14.0%

45.6%

42.1%

0–14 (0.0%) 15–24 (0.0%) 25–44 (14.0%) 45–64 (45.6%) 65+ (42.1%)

Show counts

0–14 years	0 (0.0%)
15–24 years	0 (0.0%)
25–44 years	8 (14.0%)
45–64 years	26 (45.6%)
65+ years	24 (42.1%)

Housing Tenure

53.8%

23.1%

Owned outright (53.8%) Mortgaged (23.1%) Rented (23.1%)

SEIFA Socio-economic Index

Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD), decile 2 of 10. Higher deciles indicate more advantage.

Health Conditions (2021 Census)

Asthma	6 (10.5%)
Arthritis	3 (5.3%)

Long-term health conditions self-reported in the 2021 Census. Persons may report more than one condition.

Motor Vehicles per Dwelling

No vehicle	0 (0.0%)
1 vehicle	7 (53.8%)
2 vehicles	6 (46.2%)
3+ vehicles	0 (0.0%)

Suburbs Near Chowan Creek

Rowlands Creek 2.2 km Upper Burringbar 4.6 km Upper Main Arm 4.7 km Uki 5.6 km Stokers Siding 6.3 km Commissioners Creek 6.7 km Upper Wilsons Creek 7.6 km Dum Dum 7.6 km Palmwoods 7.8 km Dunbible 8.2 km Terragon 8.3 km Doon Doon 8.7 km

Same Postcode (2484)

More Chowan Creek Data

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Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, ACARA school profiles 2025. How this data is sourced.