Gillenbah NSW 2700
90 addresses · 19 streets
Farrer Electorate › Narrandera LGA › Gillenbah · 442 km from Sydney
Living Here
Gillenbah is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 119 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,604 a week, with median rent near $170 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Narrandera statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gillenbah itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 beaches
1 physiotherapist
1 hospital
1 library
4 service stations
1 golf club
2 hardware stores
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Narrandera Station, 4.9 km north-east · Airport: Narrandera-Leeton Airport, 8.1 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: 8.8% 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 | 8.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 40%
Population by age in Gillenbah
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 36 |
| 65-74 | 24 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gillenbah
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gillenbah
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Gillenbah
| Ancestry NS | 49 |
|---|---|
| English | 36 |
| Australian | 29 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Gillenbah
| Owned | 22 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Gillenbah
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Gillenbah
| Car | 28 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,462 bird observations recorded near Gillenbah — most often seen:
- Galah (791)
- Pacific Black Duck (752)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (701)
- Australian Magpie (664)
- Magpie-lark (608)
- Australian Wood Duck (591)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (576)
- Yellow Rosella (575)
- Laughing Kookaburra (562)
- Grey Teal (528)
- Rock Dove (452)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (445)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (426)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gillenbah
- Australian Raven (418)
- Dusky Moorhen (416)
- White-faced Heron (401)
- Red Wattlebird (384)
- Striated Pardalote (351)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (346)
- Eastern Galah (337)
- Grey Fantail (334)
- Crested Pigeon (333)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (333)
- Australian Reed Warbler (319)
- Superb Fairy-wren (318)
- Little Raven (308)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (306)
- Eastern Rosella (300)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (294)
- Little Friarbird (293)
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 Gillenbah:
- Narrandera (4.8 km)
- Cudgel (13.6 km)
- Corobimilla (14.8 km)
- Sandigo (19.7 km)
- Euroley (20.8 km)
- Merungle Hill (22.1 km)
- Yanco (22.2 km)
- Corbie Hill (23.6 km)
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Streets
- Back Morundah Road (11)
- Bassetts Road (4)
- Bocks Road (1)
- Buckingbong Road (9)
- Devlins Bridge Road (1)
- Donaldsons Road (1)
- Gillenbah Creek Road (6)
- Gillenbah River Road (1)
- Green Lane (1)
- Hornbuckles Road (3)
- Kerrylands Road (1)
- Newell Highway (15)
- Norrison Road (4)
- Reas Lane (3)
- Strontian Road (1)
- Sturt Highway (20)
- Syme Road (1)
- The Gap Road (5)
- Windella Road (2)
