Nerriga NSW 2622
126 addresses · 9 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA › Nerriga · 173 km from Sydney
Living Here
Nerriga is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 77 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,062 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Braidwood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Nerriga itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: HMAS Albatross, 45.6 km north-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: 57% 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 | 57.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10% · Labour-force participation 59.7%
Population by age in Nerriga
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Nerriga
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Nerriga
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Nerriga
| English | 31 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 28 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| German | 6 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Aboriginal | 4 |
Housing tenure in Nerriga
| Owned | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Nerriga
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Nerriga
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Nerriga
| New Zealand | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
844 bird observations recorded near Nerriga — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (66)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (53)
- Welcome Swallow (45)
- Australian Raven (40)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (37)
- Laughing Kookaburra (34)
- Rufous Whistler (34)
- Superb Fairy-wren (32)
- White-throated Treecreeper (32)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (31)
- Willie Wagtail (31)
- White-eared Honeyeater (29)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (27)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Nerriga
- Brown Thornbill (26)
- Spotted Pardalote (26)
- Red Wattlebird (25)
- Pied Currawong (24)
- Crimson Rosella (23)
- House Sparrow (23)
- Australian Wood Duck (22)
- Eastern Rosella (21)
- Noisy Miner (21)
- Satin Bowerbird (20)
- Diamond Firetail (19)
- Galah (19)
- Noisy Friarbird (18)
- Eastern Whipbird (17)
- White-browed Scrubwren (17)
- Eastern Spinebill (16)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (16)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Braidwood Road (1)
- Endrick River Road (26)
- Endrick River Subdivision Road (6)
- Meangora Road (15)
- Nerriga Road (41)
- Oallen Road (2)
- Old Timberlight Road (7)
- Styles Valley Road (10)
- Willow Forest Road (18)
