Buronga NSW 2739
995 addresses · 43 streets
Farrer Electorate › Wentworth LGA › Buronga · 832 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Buronga is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,252 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,381 a week, with median rent near $203 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wentworth - Buronga statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Buronga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 beach
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 dentist
1 vet
3 childcare & kindergartens
2 libraries
6 service stations
2 golf clubs
1 playground
1 dog park
2 bakeries
2 butchers
1 beauty salon
Getting around. Bus interchange: Mildura Railway Station, 2.6 km south-west · Airport: Mildura Airport, 11.6 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: 10.2% 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 | 10.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 29.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 59%
Population by age in Buronga
| 0-4 | 81 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 180 |
| 15-19 | 82 |
| 20-24 | 59 |
| 25-34 | 178 |
| 35-44 | 168 |
| 45-54 | 165 |
| 55-64 | 154 |
| 65-74 | 112 |
| 75-84 | 65 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Buronga
| House | 380 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 29 |
| Apartment | 9 |
| Other | 17 |
Households by weekly income in Buronga
| <$650 | 80 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 136 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 121 |
| $3,000+ | 62 |
Top ancestries in Buronga
| Australian | 476 |
|---|---|
| English | 436 |
| Ancestry NS | 136 |
| Scottish | 124 |
| Irish | 111 |
| Aboriginal | 90 |
Housing tenure in Buronga
| Owned | 141 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 177 |
| Rented | 107 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Buronga
| 0 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 145 |
| 2 | 174 |
| 3 | 67 |
| 4+ | 31 |
Commute to work in Buronga
| Car | 447 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 8 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 41 |
Top countries of birth in Buronga
| England | 20 |
|---|---|
| Italy | 14 |
| India | 11 |
| Croatia | 6 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Thailand | 4 |
Languages used at home in Buronga
| Italian | 14 |
|---|---|
| Croatian | 8 |
| Greek | 8 |
| Urdu | 8 |
| Punjabi | 4 |
| Malayalam | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
24,827 bird observations recorded near Buronga — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (1,402)
- Magpie-lark (1,265)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,232)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,228)
- Crested Pigeon (1,172)
- Whistling Kite (1,041)
- Australian Pelican (1,011)
- Red-rumped Parrot (1,002)
- Australian White Ibis (939)
- Australian Magpie (930)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (904)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (885)
- Welcome Swallow (788)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Buronga
- Australasian Darter (766)
- Yellow Rosella (766)
- Willie Wagtail (728)
- Grey Teal (724)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (698)
- Little Pied Cormorant (682)
- Laughing Kookaburra (656)
- Galah (635)
- Eurasian Coot (617)
- Silver Gull (615)
- Rock Dove (613)
- Pied Butcherbird (599)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (598)
- White-faced Heron (595)
- Little Black Cormorant (585)
- Black Kite (582)
- Superb Fairy-wren (569)
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 Buronga:
- Gol Gol (3.4 km)
- Mourquong (3.5 km)
- Boeill Creek (7.9 km)
- Trentham Cliffs (9 km)
- Coomealla (14.6 km)
- Monak (15.6 km)
- Dareton (15.7 km)
- Curlwaa (20.7 km)
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Streets
- Ajuga Court (6)
- Alcheringa Drive (2)
- Arumpo Road (5)
- Bridge Road (6)
- Broadstock Court (23)
- Caravan Park Road (12)
- Carbone Court (18)
- Casuarina Way (20)
- Chapman Street (12)
- Churchill Street (20)
- Corbett Avenue (32)
- Crane Drive (40)
- Endeavour Lane (2)
- Enterprise Way (1)
- Friel Street (18)
- Fuchsia Court (11)
- Grace Crescent (4)
- Grandview Drive (34)
- Hendy Road (117)
- Melaleuca Street (37)
- Midway Drive (32)
- Modica Crescent (26)
- Morris Place (9)
- Murray Way (12)
- Orana Crescent (5)
- Petro Mail Road (1)
- Pitman Avenue (83)
- Pitman Avenue W (14)
- Pooley Street (17)
- River Drive (24)
- River Road (2)
- Rose Street (17)
- Rosedale Court (10)
- Short Street (6)
- Silver City Highway (77)
- Stamford Court (6)
- Sturt Highway (48)
- Summer Drive (53)
- Tower Court (13)
- Turner Avenue (5)
- Two Up Drive (26)
- Wendy Court (18)
- West Road (71)
