Bumbalong NSW 2626
26 addresses · 2 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Bumbalong · 291 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bumbalong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3 people, with a median age of 54. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Cooma Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bumbalong 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: 47.4% 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 | 47.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 73.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 50% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Bumbalong
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bumbalong
| English | 4 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
964 bird observations recorded near Bumbalong — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (54)
- Australian Raven (42)
- Common Starling (40)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (40)
- Nankeen Kestrel (39)
- White-throated Treecreeper (37)
- Willie Wagtail (36)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (35)
- Brown Falcon (34)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (33)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (32)
- Grey Fantail (31)
- Rufous Whistler (31)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bumbalong
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (31)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (30)
- Superb Fairy-wren (30)
- Weebill (30)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (29)
- Eastern Weebill (29)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (29)
- White-eared Honeyeater (29)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (29)
- Eastern Australian Raven (27)
- Eastern Galah (27)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (27)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (27)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (27)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (27)
- Australian Wood Duck (26)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (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 Bumbalong:
- Colinton (4.5 km)
- Bredbo (12.5 km)
- Michelago (13.9 km)
- Clear Range (19.1 km)
- Shannons Flat (19.3 km)
- Billilingra (20 km)
- Jerangle (22 km)
- Tinderry (24.1 km)
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Streets
- Downstream Road (20)
- Upstream Road (6)
