Shannons Flat NSW 2630
108 addresses · 8 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Shannons Flat · 310 km from Sydney
Living Here
Shannons Flat is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 87 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, English, Australian. 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 Cooma Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Shannons Flat itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 49.3% 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 | 49.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 68.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Shannons Flat
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 11 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 18 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Shannons Flat
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Shannons Flat
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Shannons Flat
| Ancestry NS | 28 |
|---|---|
| English | 24 |
| Australian | 21 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in Shannons Flat
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Shannons Flat
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Shannons Flat
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Shannons Flat
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,111 bird observations recorded near Shannons Flat — most often seen:
- Superb Lyrebird (834)
- Pied Currawong (29)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (20)
- Little Raven (20)
- Australian Magpie (18)
- European Goldfinch (16)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (12)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (11)
- Striated Pardalote (11)
- Grey Fantail (10)
- Nankeen Kestrel (10)
- Willie Wagtail (10)
- Common Starling (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Shannons Flat
- White-throated Treecreeper (8)
- Dusky Woodswallow (7)
- Laughing Kookaburra (7)
- Red Wattlebird (7)
- Superb Fairy-wren (7)
- Birds (6)
- Brown Falcon (6)
- Crimson Rosella (6)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (6)
- Tasmanian Scarlet Robin (6)
- Welcome Swallow (6)
- Australian Wood Duck (5)
- Brown Goshawk (5)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (5)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (5)
- Galah (5)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (5)
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 Shannons Flat:
- Bolaro (10.2 km)
- Dry Plain (14.5 km)
- Billilingra (14.9 km)
- Bredbo (16.8 km)
- Murrumbucca (17.2 km)
- Adaminaby (18 km)
- Bumbalong (19.3 km)
- Yaouk (19.9 km)
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Streets
- Ashvale Road (1)
- Bobeyan Road (23)
- Callemondah Road (3)
- Jones Plain Road (18)
- Nightingale Road (1)
- Shannons Flat Road (45)
- Wrights Hill Road (4)
- Yaouk Road (13)
