Bungwahl NSW 2423
215 addresses · 16 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Bungwahl · 201 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bungwahl is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 249 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,199 a week, with median rent near $320 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Forster-Tuncurry Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bungwahl itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, 20.3 km north.
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: 71.5% 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 | 71.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 82.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.8% · Labour-force participation 47.7%
Population by age in Bungwahl
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 32 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 54 |
| 65-74 | 50 |
| 75-84 | 16 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Bungwahl
| House | 98 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bungwahl
| <$650 | 25 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 29 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Bungwahl
| English | 122 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 87 |
| Ancestry NS | 28 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Other | 16 |
Housing tenure in Bungwahl
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bungwahl
| 0 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 44 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Bungwahl
| Car | 64 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Bungwahl
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Languages used at home in Bungwahl
| Russian | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
16,383 bird observations recorded near Bungwahl — most often seen:
- Lewin's Honeyeater (868)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (842)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (733)
- Noisy Friarbird (691)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (667)
- Red-browed Finch (640)
- Laughing Kookaburra (626)
- Superb Fairy-wren (581)
- Little Wattlebird (574)
- Brown Thornbill (564)
- Australian Pelican (561)
- Eastern Spinebill (558)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (552)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bungwahl
- Welcome Swallow (544)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (542)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (539)
- Eastern Whipbird (533)
- Whistling Kite (520)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (502)
- Willie Wagtail (497)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (459)
- Grey Fantail (458)
- Brown Gerygone (454)
- White-faced Heron (429)
- Yellow Thornbill (428)
- White-throated Treecreeper (414)
- Silvereye (409)
- Australian Magpie (407)
- South-eastern Grey Fantail (406)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (385)
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 Bungwahl:
- Tarbuck Bay (4.4 km)
- Smiths Lake (6.2 km)
- Charlotte Bay (8.1 km)
- Mayers Flat (8.3 km)
- Whoota (8.5 km)
- Topi Topi (8.8 km)
- Blueys Beach (9.8 km)
- Elizabeth Beach (10.4 km)
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Streets
- Barbies Road (8)
- Barrack Lane (1)
- Carrington Street (1)
- Corrigans Lane (3)
- Croll Street (3)
- Dogwood Road (19)
- Godfrey Close (1)
- Horse Point Road (2)
- Minnow Street (1)
- Racecourse Road (19)
- Seal Rocks Road (42)
- Sugar Creek Road (22)
- The Lakes Way (64)
- Thomas Place (6)
- Topi Road (9)
- Wattley Hill Road (14)
