Pejar NSW 2583
72 addresses · 9 streets
Hume Electorate › Upper Lachlan Shire LGA › Pejar · 172 km from Sydney
Living Here
Pejar is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 67 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,542 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Goulburn Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Pejar itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Goulburn Airport, 35.9 km south-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: 5.7% 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 | 5.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 61.9%
Population by age in Pejar
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 19 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Pejar
| House | 30 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Pejar
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Pejar
| English | 28 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Irish | 13 |
| German | 4 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
Housing tenure in Pejar
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Pejar
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Pejar
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
647 bird observations recorded near Pejar — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (38)
- Australian Wood Duck (37)
- Grey Teal (35)
- Australian Magpie (34)
- Eurasian Coot (33)
- Magpie-lark (29)
- Black Swan (28)
- Common Starling (28)
- Australian Raven (23)
- Willie Wagtail (23)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (22)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (22)
- Welcome Swallow (22)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Pejar
- Little Raven (21)
- Australasian Shoveler (18)
- European Goldfinch (18)
- Hardhead (18)
- Masked Lapwing (18)
- Crimson Rosella (17)
- Galah (17)
- White-faced Heron (17)
- Pied Currawong (16)
- Pink-eared Duck (16)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (16)
- Superb Fairy-wren (15)
- Australasian Grebe (14)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (13)
- Laughing Kookaburra (13)
- Nankeen Kestrel (13)
- Red-rumped Parrot (13)
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 Pejar:
- Bannister (8.7 km)
- Crookwell (10 km)
- Roslyn (10.9 km)
- Woodhouselee (11.3 km)
- Wayo (12.5 km)
- Grabben Gullen (12.5 km)
- Mummel (14.9 km)
- Gurrundah (17.3 km)
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Streets
- Church Road (4)
- Crookwell Road (2)
- Dawsons Creek Road (2)
- Elmgrove Road (1)
- Gorham Road (6)
- Goulburn Road (12)
- Pejar Road (19)
- Third Creek Road (25)
- Woodhouselee Road (1)
