Talbingo NSW 2720
383 addresses · 19 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Valleys LGA › Talbingo · 327 km from Sydney
Living Here
Talbingo is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 224 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $969 a week, with median rent near $190 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tumut Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Talbingo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 library
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Tumut Airport, 35.4 km north.
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: 26.4% 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 | 26.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 85.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.5% · Labour-force participation 32.8%
Population by age in Talbingo
| 0-4 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 40 |
| 65-74 | 60 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 8 |
Dwelling types in Talbingo
| House | 88 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Talbingo
| <$650 | 25 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Talbingo
| English | 74 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 72 |
| Ancestry NS | 41 |
| Scottish | 30 |
| Irish | 19 |
| German | 12 |
Housing tenure in Talbingo
| Owned | 52 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 19 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Talbingo
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 38 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Talbingo
| Car | 37 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Talbingo
| Scotland | 8 |
|---|---|
| England | 7 |
| Germany | 4 |
| North Macedonia | 4 |
| Thailand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Talbingo
| Thai | 5 |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 5 |
| Macedonian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,166 bird observations recorded near Talbingo — most often seen:
- Superb Fairy-wren (137)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (114)
- Pied Currawong (108)
- Australian Magpie (96)
- Pacific Black Duck (93)
- Australian Wood Duck (90)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (85)
- Brown Thornbill (84)
- Grey Fantail (81)
- Crimson Rosella (76)
- White-throated Treecreeper (70)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (68)
- Laughing Kookaburra (68)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Talbingo
- Magpie-lark (65)
- Welcome Swallow (64)
- Eurasian Coot (63)
- Masked Lapwing (63)
- Silvereye (63)
- Australian Raven (62)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (60)
- Red-browed Finch (59)
- Striated Thornbill (59)
- White-faced Heron (59)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (56)
- Eurasian Blackbird (55)
- Satin Bowerbird (55)
- Rufous Whistler (54)
- Superb Lyrebird (54)
- White-browed Scrubwren (53)
- Galah (52)
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 Talbingo:
- Blowering (11.9 km)
- Bogong Peaks Wilderness (13.5 km)
- Batlow (16 km)
- Kunama (19 km)
- Laurel Hill (19.1 km)
- Wereboldera (23.1 km)
- Nurenmerenmong (23.6 km)
- Yarrangobilly (23.7 km)
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Streets
- Blowering Road (3)
- Bowman Street (29)
- Bridle Street (20)
- Brownlie Court (9)
- Clayton Street (12)
- Day Street (14)
- Elizabeth Avenue (16)
- Groves Street (45)
- Lampe Street (47)
- Miles Franklin Drive (15)
- Morris Street (39)
- Murray Jackson Drive (9)
- Pether Street (34)
- Ryan Street (47)
- Snowy Mountains Highway (3)
- Spicer Street (4)
- Talbingo Shopping Centre Lane (5)
- Ware Street (1)
- Whitty Street (31)
