Bewong NSW 2540
39 addresses · 3 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Shoalhaven LGA › Bewong · 149 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bewong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 80 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,774 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Tomerong - Wandandian - Woollamia statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bewong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 service station
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: HMAS Albatross, 15.9 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: 55.2% 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 | 55.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 84.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.5% · Labour-force participation 58.8%
Population by age in Bewong
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 13 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 11 |
| 65-74 | 12 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Bewong
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bewong
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Bewong
| English | 42 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 24 |
| Irish | 21 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Aboriginal | 7 |
| Welsh | 7 |
Housing tenure in Bewong
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bewong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Bewong
| Car | 24 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Bewong
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,650 bird observations recorded near Bewong — most often seen:
- Laughing Kookaburra (199)
- Crimson Rosella (195)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (180)
- Australian Magpie (169)
- Magpie-lark (142)
- Australian Raven (138)
- Eastern Spinebill (138)
- Red Wattlebird (138)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (130)
- Australian King-parrot (129)
- White-throated Treecreeper (122)
- Masked Lapwing (121)
- Australian Pelican (118)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bewong
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (117)
- Spotted Pardalote (117)
- Common Bronzewing (116)
- Pied Currawong (116)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (111)
- Australian Wood Duck (109)
- Brown Thornbill (109)
- Noisy Friarbird (107)
- Superb Fairy-wren (106)
- White-faced Heron (105)
- Grey Butcherbird (98)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (97)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (94)
- Satin Bowerbird (90)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (80)
- Welcome Swallow (80)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (79)
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 Bewong:
- Wandandian (2.6 km)
- Basin View (3 km)
- Tullarwalla (3.2 km)
- St Georges Basin (5.9 km)
- Tomerong (6.1 km)
- Jerrawangala (6.5 km)
- Mondayong (8.8 km)
- Sanctuary Point (8.8 km)
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Streets
- Bottle Brush Avenue (23)
- Laurina Place (7)
- Princes Highway (9)
