Akolele NSW 2546
106 addresses · 8 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Eurobodalla LGA › Akolele · 295 km from Sydney
Living Here
Akolele is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 165 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $778 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 54% of households own their home and 46% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Narooma - Bermagui statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Akolele itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 beach
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Moruya Airport, 50.8 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: 56.8% 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 | 56.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.1% · Labour-force participation 39.4%
Population by age in Akolele
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 23 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Akolele
| House | 68 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Akolele
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Akolele
| Aboriginal | 83 |
|---|---|
| English | 46 |
| Australian | 30 |
| Ancestry NS | 12 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Dutch | 6 |
Housing tenure in Akolele
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 31 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Akolele
| 0 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Akolele
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Akolele
| England | 11 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Akolele
| Australian Indigenous | 13 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
29,926 bird observations recorded near Akolele — most often seen:
- Little Penguin (13,566)
- Silver Gull (844)
- Australian Pelican (811)
- Little Pied Cormorant (802)
- Little Wattlebird (761)
- Black Swan (732)
- Masked Lapwing (726)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (688)
- Australian Magpie (661)
- Superb Fairy-wren (658)
- Great Cormorant (644)
- New Holland Honeyeater (576)
- Red Wattlebird (566)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Akolele
- Welcome Swallow (562)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (547)
- Crested Tern (527)
- White-faced Heron (526)
- Grey Fantail (523)
- Bell Miner (521)
- Eastern Whipbird (481)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (474)
- Brown Thornbill (452)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (445)
- Australian Raven (432)
- Silvereye (425)
- Caspian Tern (411)
- Little Black Cormorant (397)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (393)
- Willie Wagtail (391)
- Eastern Spinebill (384)
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 Akolele:
- Wallaga Lake (3 km)
- Tilba Tilba (3.3 km)
- Central Tilba (6 km)
- Mystery Bay (7.5 km)
- Bermagui (8.2 km)
- Corunna (8.3 km)
- Dignams Creek (9.3 km)
- Coolagolite (10.8 km)
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Streets
- Bermagui Road (24)
- Flower Circuit (31)
- Mosquito Point Road (2)
- School House Point Road (1)
- Serendip Lane (1)
- Turner Drive (12)
- Umbarra Road (30)
- Youngs Road (5)
