Oolong NSW 2581
44 addresses · 10 streets
Hume Electorate › Upper Lachlan Shire LGA › Oolong · 213 km from Sydney
Living Here
Oolong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 54 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $285 a week. Most homes are houses. About 61% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Yass Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Oolong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Gunning, 8 km east · Airport: Goulburn Airport, 50.8 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: 4.2% 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 | 4.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Oolong
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 14 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 11 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Oolong
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Oolong
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Oolong
| English | 31 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 22 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Dutch | 8 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Other | 3 |
Housing tenure in Oolong
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Oolong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Oolong
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
429 bird observations recorded near Oolong — most often seen:
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (25)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (23)
- Common Starling (22)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (22)
- Australian Magpie (21)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (21)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (19)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (18)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (16)
- Western Yellow Thornbill (16)
- Superb Fairy-wren (15)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (14)
- Little Eagle (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Oolong
- White-plumed Honeyeater (13)
- Eastern Striated Pardalote (12)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (12)
- Galah (12)
- Red-rumped Parrot (12)
- Speckled Warbler (12)
- Brown Falcon (11)
- Red-capped Robin (11)
- Welcome Swallow (11)
- Australian Raven (10)
- Australian Wood Duck (10)
- European Goldfinch (10)
- Red Wattlebird (10)
- South-eastern Buff-rumped Thornbill (10)
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (10)
- Black Kite (9)
- Double-barred Finch (9)
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 Oolong:
- Lade Vale (7.1 km)
- Dalton (7.3 km)
- Gunning (8.3 km)
- Jerrawa (8.4 km)
- Broadway (11.9 km)
- Bellmount Forest (15 km)
- Merrill (15.4 km)
- Yass River (16.2 km)
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Streets
- Baileys Lane (2)
- Chain Of Ponds Road (1)
- Dalton Road (5)
- Hillgrove Road (5)
- Hume Highway (7)
- Jerrawa Road (1)
- Lade Vale Road (2)
- Oolong Road (14)
- Pedell Lane (1)
- Veterans Road (6)
