Barwang NSW 2594
89 addresses · 15 streets
Riverina Electorate › Hilltops LGA › Barwang · 260 km from Sydney
Living Here
Barwang is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 139 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 60% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Irish, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Young statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barwang itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 8.7% 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 | 8.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 65.5%
Population by age in Barwang
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Barwang
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Barwang
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 8 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Barwang
| English | 58 |
|---|---|
| Irish | 38 |
| Australian | 36 |
| Scottish | 34 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Other | 4 |
Housing tenure in Barwang
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Barwang
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Barwang
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 29 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,885 bird observations recorded near Barwang — most often seen:
- Common Starling (151)
- Magpie-lark (150)
- Australian Magpie (146)
- Eastern Rosella (145)
- Australian Raven (142)
- Superb Fairy-wren (141)
- Willie Wagtail (140)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (139)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (138)
- Red-rumped Parrot (137)
- Crested Pigeon (134)
- Australian Wood Duck (131)
- Grey Teal (129)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Barwang
- Noisy Miner (129)
- White-winged Chough (129)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (127)
- House Sparrow (125)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (125)
- Nankeen Kestrel (124)
- Eurasian Blackbird (123)
- Brown Falcon (122)
- Pacific Black Duck (122)
- Welcome Swallow (122)
- Laughing Kookaburra (121)
- Western Galah (119)
- Australasian Grebe (118)
- Australian Pipit (117)
- Pied Butcherbird (116)
- Striated Pardalote (113)
- White-faced Heron (110)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Barwang Road (9)
- Beulah Road (3)
- Black Range Road (1)
- Broken Dam Road (1)
- Colenso Road (3)
- Cunningar Road (7)
- Currawong Road (1)
- Cusak Road (1)
- Douglas Gap Road (4)
- Hartfield Road (10)
- Little Range Road (1)
- Milgadara Road (2)
- Moppity Road (38)
- Peakview Road (3)
- Tiverton Road (5)
