Burra NSW 2653
40 addresses · 6 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Valleys LGA › Burra · 359 km from Sydney
Living Here
Burra is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 47 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $2,062 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tumbarumba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Burra itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Corryong Airport, 42.6 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: 38.7% 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 | 38.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 65.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Burra
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Burra
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Burra
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 6 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Burra
| English | 25 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 15 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Irish | 7 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
Housing tenure in Burra
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Burra
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Burra
| Car | 15 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 6 |
Top countries of birth in Burra
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
422 bird observations recorded near Burra — most often seen:
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (46)
- Australian Magpie (23)
- Crimson Rosella (18)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (17)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (17)
- Laughing Kookaburra (16)
- Superb Fairy-wren (16)
- White-throated Treecreeper (16)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (16)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (15)
- Red Wattlebird (15)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (15)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Burra
- Pied Currawong (13)
- Australian Wood Duck (12)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (12)
- Grey Fantail (12)
- Brown Thornbill (11)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (11)
- Southern Australian King-parrot (11)
- Southern Satin Bowerbird (11)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (10)
- Satin Bowerbird (10)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (10)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (10)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (10)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
- Spotted Pardalote (9)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (9)
- Australian Raven (8)
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 Burra:
- Paddys River (7 km)
- Maragle (8.2 km)
- Tumbarumba (9.8 km)
- Mannus (13.7 km)
- Tooma (15.3 km)
- Nurenmerenmong (16.4 km)
- Courabyra (16.7 km)
- Glenroy (19.7 km)
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Streets
- Captain Robertson Drive (11)
- East Burra Creek Road (1)
- Nine Mile Road (3)
- Paddys River Falls Road (2)
- Tooma Road (20)
- Tumbarumba Creek Road (3)
