Benandarah NSW 2536
179 addresses · 14 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Eurobodalla LGA › Benandarah · 219 km from Sydney
Living Here
Benandarah is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 165 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,025 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Eurobodalla Hinterland statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Benandarah itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
10 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Moruya Airport, 27.6 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: 86% 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 | 86.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 97.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.4% · Labour-force participation 45.9%
Population by age in Benandarah
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 34 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 42 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Benandarah
| House | 45 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 25 |
Households by weekly income in Benandarah
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 20 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Benandarah
| English | 78 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 60 |
| Aboriginal | 19 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
Housing tenure in Benandarah
| Owned | 39 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Benandarah
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 24 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Benandarah
| Car | 42 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Benandarah
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
| Malta | 3 |
Languages used at home in Benandarah
| Greek | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,469 bird observations recorded near Benandarah — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (357)
- Superb Lyrebird (325)
- Superb Fairy-wren (287)
- Laughing Kookaburra (279)
- Brown Thornbill (271)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (269)
- Grey Fantail (266)
- Red Wattlebird (246)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (240)
- Satin Bowerbird (223)
- Pied Currawong (218)
- Eastern Whipbird (217)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (217)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Benandarah
- White-throated Treecreeper (215)
- Australian King-parrot (214)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (207)
- Australian Magpie (205)
- Eastern Spinebill (202)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (187)
- Masked Lapwing (187)
- Little Wattlebird (180)
- Wonga Pigeon (180)
- Silver Gull (178)
- New Holland Honeyeater (174)
- Crimson Rosella (172)
- Australian Raven (161)
- White-faced Heron (157)
- Striated Thornbill (154)
- Bassian Thrush (147)
- Silvereye (134)
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 Benandarah:
- Long Beach (4.4 km)
- Surfside (4.8 km)
- North Batemans Bay (5.1 km)
- Maloneys Beach (6.1 km)
- Batemans Bay (6.9 km)
- South Durras (7.2 km)
- Nelligen (7.9 km)
- Catalina (8.2 km)
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Streets
- Austins Road (2)
- Durras Drive (8)
- Frenchmans Road (1)
- Garden Seat Road (3)
- Lookout Road (3)
- North Head Road (1)
- Old Nelligen Road (2)
- Portegan Road (2)
- Princes Highway (136)
- Sproxtons Road (3)
- Thorpes Road (1)
- Timber Barge Lane (4)
- Wild Pig Road (4)
- Windywoppa Road (9)
