Barragga Bay NSW 2546
100 addresses · 10 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Bega Valley LGA › Barragga Bay · 311 km from Sydney
Living Here
Barragga Bay is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 91 people, with a median age of 63. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $242 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged 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: Barragga Bay itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 beaches
1 golf club
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Merimbula Airport, 47.2 km south.
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: 66.8% 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 | 66.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 90.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.5% · Labour-force participation 44.9%
Population by age in Barragga Bay
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 27 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Barragga Bay
| House | 41 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Barragga Bay
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Barragga Bay
| English | 54 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 40 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Welsh | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
Housing tenure in Barragga Bay
| Owned | 26 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Barragga Bay
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Barragga Bay
| Car | 21 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Top countries of birth in Barragga Bay
| England | 8 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Barragga Bay
| Italian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,437 bird observations recorded near Barragga Bay — most often seen:
- Little Penguin (1,329)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (115)
- Superb Fairy-wren (113)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (101)
- Little Wattlebird (91)
- Grey Fantail (90)
- Brown Thornbill (88)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (85)
- Bell Miner (78)
- Eastern Whipbird (78)
- Great Cormorant (78)
- Striated Thornbill (73)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (73)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Barragga Bay
- Lewin's Honeyeater (72)
- Red Wattlebird (72)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (71)
- Eastern Spinebill (69)
- Satin Bowerbird (69)
- Australian Magpie (67)
- New Holland Honeyeater (67)
- Little Pied Cormorant (66)
- Pied Currawong (59)
- Silver Gull (57)
- Silvereye (55)
- Welcome Swallow (55)
- Spotted Pardalote (54)
- Australian Raven (53)
- Black Swan (53)
- Little Black Cormorant (53)
- White-browed Scrubwren (53)
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 Barragga Bay:
- Cuttagee (2.5 km)
- Murrah (5.1 km)
- Bermagui (8.3 km)
- Wapengo (11.3 km)
- Coolagolite (13 km)
- Wallaga Lake (13.5 km)
- Tanja (15.7 km)
- Akolele (16.5 km)
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Streets
- Alinjarra Place (5)
- Amaroo Avenue (15)
- Burrawong Place (19)
- Cuttagee Beach Road (7)
- Four Winds Road (4)
- Kullaroo Road (6)
- Murrah River Forest Road (1)
- Rikkara Avenue (2)
- Tathra Bermagui Road (40)
- Tathra-bermagui Road (1)
