Bargo NSW 2574
2,146 addresses · 63 streets
Hume Electorate › Wollondilly LGA › Bargo · 74 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Bargo is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 4,516 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,736 a week, with median rent near $410 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 Bargo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bargo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 park
1 medical clinic
1 post office
1 service station
1 dog park
1 bakery
1 butcher
Getting around. Train station: Bargo, 400 m south · Railway halt: Buxton, 5.7 km north-west · Airport: Camden Airport, 29.1 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: 50.1% 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 | 50.1% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 52.3% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 72.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 59.9%
Population by age in Bargo
| 0-4 | 236 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 677 |
| 15-19 | 300 |
| 20-24 | 252 |
| 25-34 | 454 |
| 35-44 | 544 |
| 45-54 | 612 |
| 55-64 | 564 |
| 65-74 | 496 |
| 75-84 | 299 |
| 85+ | 78 |
Dwelling types in Bargo
| House | 1,386 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 98 |
| Apartment | 23 |
| Other | 47 |
Households by weekly income in Bargo
| <$650 | 221 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 405 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 451 |
| $3,000+ | 350 |
Top ancestries in Bargo
| Australian | 1,983 |
|---|---|
| English | 1,831 |
| Irish | 447 |
| Scottish | 392 |
| Other | 269 |
| Aboriginal | 232 |
Housing tenure in Bargo
| Owned | 530 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 671 |
| Rented | 265 |
| Other | 66 |
Cars per household in Bargo
| 0 | 40 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 400 |
| 2 | 569 |
| 3 | 261 |
| 4+ | 251 |
Commute to work in Bargo
| Car | 1,257 |
|---|---|
| Train | 9 |
| Bus | 7 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 37 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 387 |
Top countries of birth in Bargo
| England | 165 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 51 |
| Germany | 23 |
| Malta | 23 |
| Scotland | 18 |
| China | 16 |
Languages used at home in Bargo
| Italian | 42 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 28 |
| Arabic | 20 |
| German | 16 |
| Mandarin | 14 |
| Cantonese | 13 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,098 bird observations recorded near Bargo — most often seen:
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (524)
- White-throated Treecreeper (480)
- Eastern Spinebill (470)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (436)
- Spotted Pardalote (411)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (403)
- Superb Fairy-wren (396)
- Australian Raven (381)
- Crimson Rosella (375)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (366)
- Australian Magpie (359)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (346)
- Welcome Swallow (343)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bargo
- Brown Thornbill (342)
- Grey Fantail (337)
- Pied Currawong (320)
- Bell Miner (310)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (305)
- Striated Thornbill (304)
- Red-browed Finch (296)
- Laughing Kookaburra (288)
- Noisy Miner (287)
- Eastern Rosella (273)
- Noisy Friarbird (257)
- Common Bronzewing (253)
- Australian Wood Duck (251)
- Rufous Whistler (251)
- Willie Wagtail (249)
- Eastern Whipbird (243)
- Magpie-lark (242)
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 Bargo:
- Yanderra (3.6 km)
- Buxton (5.6 km)
- Pheasants Nest (5.9 km)
- Balmoral (6 km)
- Balmoral Village (6 km)
- Couridjah (6.4 km)
- Tahmoor (7.3 km)
- Avon (7.7 km)
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Streets
- Anthony Road (3)
- Arina Road (101)
- Ashby Close (11)
- Avon Dam Road (141)
- Bargo Road (49)
- Bayan Place (4)
- Berrico Place (5)
- Biara Street (31)
- Bidewell Drive (1)
- Bingarra Place (13)
- Caloola Road (26)
- Cambalan Street (46)
- Carlisle Street (4)
- Charlies Point Road (8)
- Claremont Drive (34)
- Daisy Lane (7)
- Dwyers Road (4)
- Dymond Street (43)
- Elvy Street (60)
- Florence Close (6)
- Glengarrie Road (10)
- Government Road (10)
- Great Southern Road (153)
- Gwynn Hughes Street (6)
- Hambridge Road (83)
- Hawthorne Road (198)
- Helen Street (5)
- Hinkler Avenue (4)
- Hogans Drive (45)
- Horne Place (5)
- Hudson Place (13)
- Hume Highway (5)
- Ironbark Road (15)
- Jack Davis Place (9)
- Johnston Road (21)
- Justine Close (14)
- Kader Street (96)
- Laura Close (14)
- Lloyds Way (18)
- Lupton Road (4)
- Marshall Avenue (31)
- Mimosa Street (1)
- Noongah Street (39)
- Nooral Street (22)
- Norma Close (24)
- Olive Lane (7)
- Panorama Street (15)
- Paperbark Place (6)
- Pheasants Nest Road (6)
- Phillipa Place (14)
- Radnor Road (94)
- Railside Avenue (76)
- Remembrance Driveway (118)
- Reservoir Road (41)
- Scot Street (11)
- Silica Road (14)
- Thorncroft Close (11)
- Tylers Road (198)
- Warrobyn Road (5)
- Wattle Street (19)
- Wellers Road (21)
- Windsor Place (16)
- Yarran Road (32)
