Book Book NSW 2650
71 addresses · 10 streets
Riverina Electorate › Wagga Wagga LGA › Book Book · 372 km from Sydney
Living Here
Book Book is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 130 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,843 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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: Book Book 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: 6.4% 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 | 6.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 14.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 57.7%
Population by age in Book Book
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 29 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 7 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Book Book
| House | 32 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Book Book
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Book Book
| English | 55 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 46 |
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| Irish | 27 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| German | 4 |
Housing tenure in Book Book
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Book Book
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Book Book
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Book Book
| Ireland | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,439 bird observations recorded near Book Book — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (247)
- Australian Magpie (164)
- Eastern Rosella (138)
- Magpie-lark (135)
- Galah (128)
- Australian Raven (126)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (117)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (116)
- Striated Pardalote (113)
- Red Wattlebird (112)
- Noisy Miner (81)
- Red-rumped Parrot (81)
- Willie Wagtail (78)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Book Book
- Common Starling (77)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (74)
- Crested Pigeon (68)
- Yellow Thornbill (57)
- Rufous Whistler (55)
- Weebill (54)
- Laughing Kookaburra (53)
- Little Raven (50)
- Australian Wood Duck (41)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (40)
- Pied Butcherbird (39)
- White-winged Chough (38)
- Crimson Rosella (37)
- Grey Fantail (33)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (32)
- Rufous Songlark (29)
- Flame Robin (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 Book Book:
- Ladysmith (11.3 km)
- Big Springs (11.4 km)
- Gregadoo (14.1 km)
- Kyeamba (15.3 km)
- Alfredtown (17.2 km)
- Tarcutta (17.3 km)
- Forest Hill (19.3 km)
- Gelston Park (19.6 km)
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Streets
- Brooklyn Lane (7)
- Buiks Road (2)
- Byes Lane (1)
- Gregadoo East Road (5)
- Killicks Road (4)
- Mount Flint Road (3)
- Murrays Lane (1)
- Smiths Road (3)
- Trewalla Road (5)
- Tumbarumba Road (40)
