Michelago NSW 2620
378 addresses · 27 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Michelago · 278 km from Sydney
Living Here
Michelago is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 642 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $2,750 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Queanbeyan Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Michelago itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
1 post office
1 service station
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Canberra Airport, 47.2 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: 36.3% 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 | 36.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 68.1%
Population by age in Michelago
| 0-4 | 51 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 99 |
| 15-19 | 37 |
| 20-24 | 25 |
| 25-34 | 75 |
| 35-44 | 109 |
| 45-54 | 79 |
| 55-64 | 108 |
| 65-74 | 45 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Michelago
| House | 197 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Michelago
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 35 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 51 |
| $3,000+ | 81 |
Top ancestries in Michelago
| Australian | 284 |
|---|---|
| English | 247 |
| Irish | 84 |
| Scottish | 68 |
| Ancestry NS | 53 |
| Other | 50 |
Housing tenure in Michelago
| Owned | 51 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 118 |
| Rented | 22 |
| Other | 11 |
Cars per household in Michelago
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 88 |
| 3 | 52 |
| 4+ | 25 |
Commute to work in Michelago
| Car | 238 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 41 |
Top countries of birth in Michelago
| England | 21 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 12 |
| Germany | 11 |
| China | 4 |
Languages used at home in Michelago
| Spanish | 6 |
|---|---|
| German | 4 |
| Japanese | 4 |
| Mandarin | 3 |
| Urdu | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,603 bird observations recorded near Michelago — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (198)
- Galah (139)
- Common Starling (138)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (132)
- Australian Raven (127)
- Welcome Swallow (102)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (99)
- Nankeen Kestrel (93)
- Willie Wagtail (92)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (92)
- Superb Fairy-wren (91)
- Grey Fantail (90)
- White-throated Treecreeper (81)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Michelago
- Rufous Whistler (79)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (79)
- Crested Pigeon (76)
- Eastern Rosella (76)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (75)
- Red Wattlebird (71)
- Spotted Pardalote (70)
- Australian Wood Duck (68)
- White-eared Honeyeater (65)
- Pied Currawong (63)
- House Sparrow (62)
- Silvereye (62)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (61)
- Crimson Rosella (59)
- Magpie-lark (58)
- European Goldfinch (54)
- Striated Pardalote (51)
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 Michelago:
- Clear Range (7.9 km)
- Tinderry (12.6 km)
- Colinton (13.9 km)
- Bumbalong (13.9 km)
- Williamsdale (14.4 km)
- The Angle (14.8 km)
- Burra (19.7 km)
- Urila (20 km)
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Streets
- Baroona Road (16)
- Bendemeer Lane (5)
- Black Flat Road (3)
- Burra Road (16)
- Clearview Road (11)
- Coffeys Road (6)
- Edworthy Road (3)
- Egans Road (6)
- Horseshoe Lane (1)
- Jinjera Road (7)
- Karinya Plains Road (10)
- Kelly Road (9)
- Lawler Road (7)
- Micalago Road (45)
- Monaro Highway (49)
- Monaro Highway N (3)
- Mount Livingstone Road (6)
- Mount View (16)
- Pollards Lane (4)
- Pony Club Road (1)
- Riverview Lane (3)
- Ryans Road (4)
- Ryrie Hill Road (20)
- Ryrie Street (86)
- Tinderry Road (29)
- Weemala Lane (5)
- Willows Road (7)
