Bearbong NSW 2827
56 addresses · 15 streets
Parkes Electorate › Gilgandra LGA › Bearbong · 328 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bearbong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 72 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $700 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. 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 Gilgandra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bearbong 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: 31.5% 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 | 31.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 41.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Bearbong
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 8 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bearbong
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bearbong
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Bearbong
| Australian | 43 |
|---|---|
| English | 37 |
| German | 9 |
| Italian | 8 |
| Irish | 4 |
| Scottish | 3 |
Housing tenure in Bearbong
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Bearbong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Bearbong
| Car | 11 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 5 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 22 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
67 bird observations recorded near Bearbong — most often seen:
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (6)
- Pied Currawong (4)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (3)
- Galah (3)
- Grey Fantail (3)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (3)
- Jacky Winter (3)
- Mistletoebird (3)
- Noisy Miner (3)
- Rufous Whistler (3)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (3)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (3)
- White-throated Treecreeper (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bearbong
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (2)
- Red-rumped Tit (2)
- Varied Sittella (2)
- Western Gerygone (2)
- White-throated Nightjar (2)
- Yellow Thornbill (2)
- Apostlebird (1)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (1)
- Australian Pelican (1)
- Australian Wood Duck (1)
- Barking Owl (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (1)
- Bluebonnet (1)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (1)
- Cockatiel (1)
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
- Back Creek Road (2)
- Beames Road (4)
- Bearbong Road (16)
- Biddon Bearbong Road (3)
- Biddon-bearbong Road (3)
- Biralbung Road (3)
- Flora Reserve Road (4)
- Gaffs Road (1)
- Gundy Creek Road (5)
- Hannans Road (1)
- Hosegoods Road (2)
- Jenkins Road (2)
- Roachs Access Road (1)
- Tooraweenah Road (1)
- Ulungra Springs Road (8)