Run-o-waters NSW 2580
359 addresses · 20 streets
Hume Electorate › Goulburn Mulwaree LGA › Run-o-waters · 173 km from Sydney
Living Here
Run-o-waters is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 605 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,229 a week, with median rent near $475 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. 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 statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Run-o-waters itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
3 cafés & restaurants
1 park
2 Catholic churches
1 library
4 service stations
1 bakery
2 hardware stores
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Goulburn, 4.7 km east · Airport: Goulburn Airport, 7 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: 7.4% 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 | 7.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 16.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.2% · Labour-force participation 63%
Population by age in Run-o-waters
| 0-4 | 26 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 87 |
| 15-19 | 41 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 44 |
| 35-44 | 80 |
| 45-54 | 72 |
| 55-64 | 91 |
| 65-74 | 107 |
| 75-84 | 31 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Run-o-waters
| House | 201 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Run-o-waters
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 40 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 59 |
| $3,000+ | 63 |
Top ancestries in Run-o-waters
| Australian | 267 |
|---|---|
| English | 237 |
| Irish | 81 |
| Scottish | 56 |
| Other | 30 |
| German | 27 |
Housing tenure in Run-o-waters
| Owned | 94 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 93 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Run-o-waters
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 98 |
| 3 | 37 |
| 4+ | 48 |
Commute to work in Run-o-waters
| Car | 220 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 27 |
Top countries of birth in Run-o-waters
| England | 23 |
|---|---|
| China | 11 |
| India | 9 |
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Cambodia | 6 |
| Germany | 6 |
Languages used at home in Run-o-waters
| Mandarin | 15 |
|---|---|
| Cantonese | 7 |
| Malayalam | 6 |
| Croatian | 5 |
| Greek | 5 |
| Persian | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
17,231 bird observations recorded near Run-o-waters — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (1,321)
- Magpie-lark (1,285)
- Little Raven (1,206)
- Pied Currawong (951)
- Common Myna (874)
- Red Wattlebird (852)
- House Sparrow (802)
- Common Starling (767)
- Little Corella (717)
- Crested Pigeon (641)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (626)
- Galah (596)
- Rock Dove (592)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Run-o-waters
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (574)
- Eurasian Blackbird (520)
- Crimson Rosella (504)
- Red-rumped Parrot (482)
- Noisy Miner (479)
- Australian Wood Duck (389)
- Superb Fairy-wren (374)
- Eurasian Coot (308)
- Grey Fantail (308)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (297)
- Willie Wagtail (280)
- Pacific Black Duck (275)
- Grey Butcherbird (271)
- Australian Raven (270)
- Silvereye (232)
- Eastern Rosella (223)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (215)
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 Run-o-waters:
- Goulburn (5.2 km)
- Brisbane Grove (5.6 km)
- Baw Baw (6.1 km)
- Yarra (7.8 km)
- Kingsdale (10.1 km)
- Tirrannaville (11.2 km)
- Parkesbourne (12.3 km)
- Gundary (13.3 km)
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Streets
- Bladwell Place (9)
- Bonnett Drive (48)
- Bowerman Road (6)
- Bushs Lane (1)
- Chalker Ridge (9)
- Ducks Lane (37)
- Foord Road (5)
- Greendale Crescent (12)
- Gurrundah Road (10)
- Hume Highway (1)
- Keating Road (4)
- Knowlman Road (22)
- Little Close (12)
- Loloma Place (13)
- Park Close (5)
- Pockley Road (13)
- Run-o-waters Drive (115)
- Shannon Drive (7)
- Tall Timbers Drive (21)
- Waterview Road (9)
