Binjura NSW 2630
174 addresses · 11 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Binjura · 321 km from Sydney
Living Here
Binjura is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 339 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,042 a week, with median rent near $425 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cooma Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Binjura itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 vet
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Cooma - Snowy Mountains Aerodrome, 17.3 km south-west.
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: 27.8% 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 | 27.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 72.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.7% · Labour-force participation 60.8%
Population by age in Binjura
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 45 |
| 15-19 | 25 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 22 |
| 35-44 | 32 |
| 45-54 | 46 |
| 55-64 | 72 |
| 65-74 | 46 |
| 75-84 | 21 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Binjura
| House | 117 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Binjura
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 24 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 33 |
| $3,000+ | 33 |
Top ancestries in Binjura
| English | 160 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 120 |
| Scottish | 37 |
| Irish | 34 |
| Ancestry NS | 28 |
| German | 27 |
Housing tenure in Binjura
| Owned | 57 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 50 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Binjura
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 45 |
| 3 | 25 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Binjura
| Car | 121 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 26 |
Top countries of birth in Binjura
| England | 22 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 7 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| Italy | 3 |
Languages used at home in Binjura
| German | 5 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,251 bird observations recorded near Binjura — most often seen:
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (134)
- Australian Magpie (120)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (112)
- Little Raven (112)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (111)
- Crimson Rosella (108)
- Australian Wood Duck (87)
- Eastern Galah (83)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (79)
- House Sparrow (77)
- Pied Currawong (75)
- Eurasian Blackbird (74)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (74)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Binjura
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (74)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (74)
- Australian Raven (70)
- Red Wattlebird (70)
- Galah (64)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (63)
- Common Starling (62)
- White-eared Honeyeater (57)
- Southern Magpie-lark (56)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (55)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (54)
- Speckled Warbler (53)
- Superb Fairy-wren (53)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (52)
- Willie Wagtail (52)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (51)
- European Goldfinch (45)
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 Binjura:
- Bunyan (4.9 km)
- Dairymans Plains (5.9 km)
- Cooma (6.2 km)
- Polo Flat (6.8 km)
- Pine Valley (8.6 km)
- Murrumbucca (9.1 km)
- Middle Flat (10.2 km)
- Wambrook (10.9 km)
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Streets
- Alira Lane (6)
- Bidgee Road (43)
- Bulong Road (24)
- Butlers Creek Close (9)
- Coventry Close (4)
- Glen Road (5)
- Mittagang Road (32)
- Perkins Road (6)
- Pygmy Possum Place (4)
- Scotts Road (29)
- Woodlands Drive (12)
