Big Springs NSW 2650
111 addresses · 13 streets
Riverina Electorate › Wagga Wagga LGA › Big Springs · 383 km from Sydney
Living Here
Big Springs is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 135 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,708 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wagga Wagga Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Big Springs 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: 16.6% 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 | 16.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 25.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Big Springs
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 19 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 14 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Big Springs
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Big Springs
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Big Springs
| English | 64 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 48 |
| Irish | 29 |
| Scottish | 28 |
| German | 15 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
Housing tenure in Big Springs
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Big Springs
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Big Springs
| Car | 41 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,522 bird observations recorded near Big Springs — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (100)
- Galah (88)
- Magpie-lark (85)
- Eastern Rosella (81)
- Striated Pardalote (77)
- Australian Raven (74)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (72)
- Noisy Miner (69)
- Superb Fairy-wren (59)
- Red Wattlebird (57)
- Laughing Kookaburra (56)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (55)
- Red-rumped Parrot (45)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Big Springs
- White-plumed Honeyeater (45)
- Willie Wagtail (45)
- White-winged Chough (44)
- Yellow Thornbill (42)
- Common Starling (40)
- Weebill (39)
- Grey Fantail (38)
- Rufous Whistler (38)
- Pied Butcherbird (37)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (33)
- Noisy Friarbird (33)
- Little Raven (32)
- Australian Wood Duck (31)
- Crested Pigeon (28)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (27)
- Diamond Firetail (26)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (26)
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 Big Springs:
- Maxwell (10.9 km)
- Gregadoo (11.3 km)
- Burrandana (11.4 km)
- Book Book (11.4 km)
- Gelston Park (11.9 km)
- Rowan (16 km)
- Mangoplah (16.4 km)
- Ladysmith (16.7 km)
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Streets
- Barcoo Lane (2)
- Big Springs Road (18)
- Byes Lane (1)
- Cheviot Hills Road (5)
- Compton Road (6)
- Coxs Road (2)
- Flakney Road (6)
- Gregadoo East Road (1)
- Livingstone Gully Road (15)
- O'briens Creek Road (32)
- Pulletop Road (13)
- Woolshed Lane (5)
- Wrigleys Road (5)
