Pambula NSW 2549
920 addresses · 34 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Bega Valley LGA › Pambula · 361 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Pambula is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,002 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,117 a week, with median rent near $313 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Merimbula - Tura Beach statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pambula itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
2 Catholic churches
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
2 optometrists
1 hospital
1 vet
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 post office
1 service station
1 bakery
1 butcher
4 hardware stores
Getting around. Airport: Merimbula Airport, 3.2 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: 41.9% 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 | 41.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 51.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 47.5%
Population by age in Pambula
| 0-4 | 46 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 104 |
| 15-19 | 58 |
| 20-24 | 37 |
| 25-34 | 81 |
| 35-44 | 70 |
| 45-54 | 106 |
| 55-64 | 167 |
| 65-74 | 156 |
| 75-84 | 98 |
| 85+ | 79 |
Dwelling types in Pambula
| House | 276 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 84 |
| Apartment | 11 |
| Other | 8 |
Households by weekly income in Pambula
| <$650 | 100 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 142 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 91 |
| $3,000+ | 37 |
Top ancestries in Pambula
| Australian | 457 |
|---|---|
| English | 439 |
| Irish | 123 |
| Scottish | 117 |
| Other | 48 |
| German | 46 |
Housing tenure in Pambula
| Owned | 190 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 98 |
| Rented | 83 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Pambula
| 0 | 15 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 174 |
| 2 | 130 |
| 3 | 40 |
| 4+ | 22 |
Commute to work in Pambula
| Car | 254 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 48 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 44 |
Top countries of birth in Pambula
| England | 45 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 11 |
| Scotland | 9 |
| France | 6 |
| South Korea | 6 |
| Ireland | 5 |
Languages used at home in Pambula
| Korean | 6 |
|---|---|
| French | 3 |
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
22,860 bird observations recorded near Pambula — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (1,132)
- Bell Miner (1,098)
- White-faced Heron (1,093)
- Black Swan (1,012)
- Masked Lapwing (975)
- Australian Magpie (948)
- Little Pied Cormorant (903)
- Welcome Swallow (892)
- Pacific Black Duck (855)
- Great Egret (854)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (830)
- Australian White Ibis (828)
- Grey Fantail (785)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pambula
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (748)
- Red Wattlebird (744)
- Eurasian Blackbird (717)
- Little Wattlebird (697)
- Eurasian Coot (679)
- Brown Thornbill (665)
- Silver Gull (662)
- Chestnut Teal (648)
- Australian Pelican (646)
- Willie Wagtail (608)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (582)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (575)
- Australian Raven (561)
- Australian Wood Duck (544)
- Little Black Cormorant (538)
- Crimson Rosella (523)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (518)
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 Pambula:
- South Pambula (2.4 km)
- Bald Hills (2.9 km)
- Pambula Beach (3.1 km)
- Millingandi (3.6 km)
- Greigs Flat (4.6 km)
- Broadwater (4.8 km)
- Merimbula (5.2 km)
- Berrambool (6.1 km)
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Streets
- Arthur Kaine Drive (24)
- Baddeley Close (4)
- Bega Street (25)
- Bennett Lane (9)
- Brunker Lane (2)
- Brunker Street (26)
- Bullara Street (57)
- Dingo Place (1)
- Dingo Street (4)
- Francis Road (8)
- Hardakers Road (1)
- Idlewilde Crescent (34)
- Ives Street (44)
- Little Gahan Street (10)
- Martin Street (18)
- Mcpherson Circuit (15)
- Merigan Street (1)
- Merimbola Street (53)
- Monara Street (52)
- Monaro Street (50)
- Munje Street (24)
- Narregol Street (48)
- Oaklands Lane (4)
- Oaklands Road (39)
- Oregon Street (34)
- Pambula Beach Road (3)
- Pambula Lane (14)
- Princes Highway (3)
- Quondola Street (39)
- Quondolo Street (83)
- Rainbow Street (7)
- Sir William Mckell Drive (16)
- Toallo Street (165)
- Yowaka Street (3)
