Bookham NSW 2582
174 addresses · 17 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Yass Valley LGA › Bookham · 260 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bookham is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 127 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yass Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bookham 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: 7.3% 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 | 7.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 11.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.4% · Labour-force participation 70.6%
Population by age in Bookham
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 16 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bookham
| House | 45 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bookham
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 18 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Bookham
| English | 57 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 42 |
| Irish | 27 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in Bookham
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Bookham
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Bookham
| Car | 21 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 24 |
Top countries of birth in Bookham
| United States | 4 |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,020 bird observations recorded near Bookham — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (112)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (94)
- Superb Fairy-wren (58)
- Galah (50)
- Laughing Kookaburra (38)
- Pied Currawong (36)
- Australian Raven (35)
- Striated Pardalote (33)
- Nankeen Kestrel (32)
- Weebill (32)
- Magpie-lark (31)
- Noisy Friarbird (30)
- Australian Wood Duck (29)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bookham
- Common Starling (29)
- Welcome Swallow (29)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (27)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (27)
- Grey Fantail (26)
- Striated Thornbill (26)
- Crimson Rosella (25)
- White-throated Treecreeper (25)
- Willie Wagtail (25)
- Red Wattlebird (24)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (23)
- Peregrine Falcon (22)
- Silvereye (22)
- Whistling Kite (21)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (20)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (20)
- White-winged Chough (19)
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 Bookham:
- Woolgarlo (9.5 km)
- Berremangra (14.2 km)
- Burrinjuck (15 km)
- Binalong (18.4 km)
- Bowning (18.9 km)
- Good Hope (19.1 km)
- Narrangullen (24 km)
- Yass (25.7 km)
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Streets
- Babinda Road (1)
- Burrinjuck Road (20)
- Childowla Road (43)
- Conroy Street (4)
- Dale Street (1)
- Drummond Street (11)
- Fagan Drive (24)
- Garry Street (3)
- Hume Highway (20)
- Illalong Road (13)
- Main Road (6)
- Nanangroe Road (8)
- Paynes Road (7)
- Robinsons Road (3)
- Sutton Grange Road (6)
- Talmo Road (3)
- Whitefields Road (1)
