Bomen NSW 2650
198 addresses · 17 streets
Riverina Electorate › Wagga Wagga LGA › Bomen · 372 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bomen is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 40 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Wagga Wagga - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bomen itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 Catholic churches
1 library
1 gym
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Train station: Wagga Wagga, 7.6 km south-west · Airport: Wagga Wagga Airport, 11.4 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: 1.5% 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 | 1.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 75.8%
Population by age in Bomen
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 6 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 6 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bomen
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bomen
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bomen
| English | 17 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 14 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
| German | 3 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
Housing tenure in Bomen
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bomen
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Bomen
| Car | 14 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Languages used at home in Bomen
| Croatian | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,856 bird observations recorded near Bomen — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (270)
- Common Starling (263)
- Magpie-lark (231)
- House Sparrow (220)
- Willie Wagtail (200)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (199)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (196)
- Crested Pigeon (192)
- Galah (189)
- Eastern Rosella (187)
- Red-rumped Parrot (184)
- Australian Wood Duck (179)
- Eurasian Blackbird (170)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bomen
- Australian Raven (162)
- Pacific Black Duck (162)
- Laughing Kookaburra (151)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (140)
- White-faced Heron (137)
- Welcome Swallow (135)
- Red Wattlebird (133)
- Masked Lapwing (125)
- Nankeen Kestrel (122)
- Superb Fairy-wren (121)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (120)
- Noisy Miner (119)
- Straw-necked Ibis (117)
- Crimson Rosella (113)
- Black-shouldered Kite (108)
- Grey Teal (107)
- Little Raven (104)
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 Bomen:
- Cartwrights Hill (2.8 km)
- North Wagga Wagga (4.7 km)
- Eunanoreenya (4.7 km)
- Boorooma (4.9 km)
- Brucedale (5.3 km)
- Charles Sturt University (5.9 km)
- Estella (6.2 km)
- Hillgrove (6.6 km)
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Streets
- Bachali Street (2)
- Bavin Road (7)
- Bomen Road (47)
- Byrnes Road (16)
- Cousins Road (29)
- Dampier Street (13)
- Dorset Drive (4)
- Dunns Road (8)
- East Bomen Road (7)
- Hereford Street (1)
- Jersey Street (5)
- Lewington Street (14)
- Linthorne Road (2)
- Olympic Highway (5)
- Trahairs Road (16)
- Webb Street (8)
- Windmill Road (14)
