Bunyan NSW 2630
117 addresses · 9 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Bunyan · 316 km from Sydney
Living Here
Bunyan is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 192 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,050 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 95% of households own their home and 5% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Bunyan itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Cooma - Snowy Mountains Aerodrome, 22.1 km south-west.
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: 5.1% 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 | 5.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 14.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 0.9% · Labour-force participation 65.8%
Population by age in Bunyan
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 7 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 41 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bunyan
| House | 64 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bunyan
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 16 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Bunyan
| English | 96 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 77 |
| Irish | 36 |
| Scottish | 36 |
| German | 11 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in Bunyan
| Owned | 32 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 27 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bunyan
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Bunyan
| Car | 68 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Bunyan
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Bunyan
| Arabic | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
551 bird observations recorded near Bunyan — most often seen:
- Nankeen Kestrel (43)
- Australian Wood Duck (39)
- Common Starling (34)
- Black-shouldered Kite (32)
- Red-rumped Parrot (31)
- Australian Magpie (26)
- Galah (24)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (24)
- Australian Raven (23)
- Brown Falcon (23)
- Little Raven (22)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (17)
- Eurasian Skylark (16)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bunyan
- Eastern Galah (15)
- Pacific Black Duck (14)
- Willie Wagtail (14)
- Magpie-lark (13)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (13)
- Eastern Rosella (12)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (12)
- Superb Fairy-wren (12)
- Eastern Australian Raven (11)
- European Goldfinch (11)
- Welcome Swallow (11)
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (10)
- House Sparrow (10)
- Pied Currawong (10)
- South-eastern Hooded Robin (10)
- Crimson Rosella (9)
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 Bunyan:
- Binjura (4.9 km)
- Polo Flat (8.5 km)
- Cooma (8.8 km)
- Chakola (8.9 km)
- Murrumbucca (9.4 km)
- Middle Flat (10.1 km)
- Rose Valley (10.1 km)
- Dairymans Plains (10.6 km)
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Streets
- Bidgee Road (1)
- Binjura Road (12)
- Bunyanvale Road (27)
- Cottage Hill Road (5)
- Greystone Road (7)
- Monaro Highway (36)
- Murrells Road (9)
- Numeralla Road (1)
- Rose Valley Road (19)
