Mount Tomah NSW 2758
73 addresses · 5 streets
Macquarie Electorate › Blue Mountains LGA › Mount Tomah · 81 km from Sydney
Living Here
Mount Tomah is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 68 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $2,125 a week, with median rent near $370 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 17% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. 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 Bilpin - Colo - St Albans statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mount Tomah itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 park
4 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: RAAF Base Richmond, 34.6 km east.
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: 91.1% 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 | 91.1% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 100.0% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 99.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 60%
Population by age in Mount Tomah
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 16 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Mount Tomah
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Mount Tomah
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Mount Tomah
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 18 |
| Ancestry NS | 10 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Maltese | 8 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Mount Tomah
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Mount Tomah
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Mount Tomah
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Mount Tomah
| Germany | 6 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Mount Tomah
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
9,823 bird observations recorded near Mount Tomah — most often seen:
- Superb Lyrebird (631)
- Crimson Rosella (560)
- White-browed Scrubwren (525)
- Eastern Spinebill (495)
- Satin Bowerbird (495)
- Pied Currawong (490)
- Superb Fairy-wren (436)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (399)
- Laughing Kookaburra (397)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (389)
- Eastern Whipbird (378)
- Australian Magpie (364)
- Australian Raven (354)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Tomah
- Red Wattlebird (354)
- Little Wattlebird (353)
- New Holland Honeyeater (351)
- Brown Thornbill (346)
- Australian King-parrot (313)
- Eurasian Blackbird (299)
- White-throated Treecreeper (267)
- Grey Fantail (192)
- Striated Thornbill (189)
- Silvereye (182)
- Wonga Pigeon (173)
- Brown Gerygone (167)
- Bassian Thrush (166)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (166)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (141)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (134)
- Australian Brush-turkey (117)
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 Mount Tomah:
- Berambing (2.9 km)
- Mount Wilson (5.6 km)
- Mount Irvine (8 km)
- Bilpin (9.8 km)
- Bell (13.6 km)
- Blackheath (15.6 km)
- Dargan (16.1 km)
- Mount Victoria (16.3 km)
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Streets
- Bells Line Of Road (14)
- Charleys Road (13)
- Old Bells Line Of Road (2)
- Rainbow Ravine Road (8)
- Skyline Road (36)
