Tantawangalo NSW 2550
100 addresses · 9 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Bega Valley LGA › Tantawangalo · 352 km from Sydney
Living Here
Tantawangalo is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 162 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,333 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bega-Eden Hinterland statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tantawangalo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
Getting around. Airport: Merimbula Airport, 30.3 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: 80.1% 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 | 80.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 79.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 60.7%
Population by age in Tantawangalo
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tantawangalo
| House | 55 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tantawangalo
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 29 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 12 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Tantawangalo
| English | 59 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 51 |
| Irish | 31 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
| Scottish | 15 |
| German | 8 |
Housing tenure in Tantawangalo
| Owned | 28 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tantawangalo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 29 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Tantawangalo
| Car | 50 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Top countries of birth in Tantawangalo
| England | 11 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,831 bird observations recorded near Tantawangalo — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (88)
- Common Starling (86)
- Australian Wood Duck (85)
- Eastern Rosella (82)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (81)
- Laughing Kookaburra (78)
- Nankeen Kestrel (75)
- Welcome Swallow (74)
- Willie Wagtail (74)
- Magpie-lark (73)
- Australian Raven (69)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (66)
- Crimson Rosella (62)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tantawangalo
- Pacific Black Duck (62)
- Noisy Miner (60)
- White-faced Heron (60)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (56)
- Western Galah (55)
- Masked Lapwing (54)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (52)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (51)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (48)
- Eastern Galah (47)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (46)
- Superb Fairy-wren (46)
- Jacky Winter (42)
- Brown Falcon (40)
- Pied Currawong (40)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (40)
- Grey Butcherbird (39)
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 Tantawangalo:
- Candelo (6.3 km)
- Mogilla (7.6 km)
- Kameruka (7.7 km)
- Morans Crossing (10.8 km)
- Myrtle Mountain (11.5 km)
- Toothdale (11.8 km)
- Mount Darragh (12.4 km)
- Kanoona (13 km)
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Streets
- Alcocks Road (6)
- Bollers Road (4)
- Brittens Road (5)
- Comans Lane (14)
- Mogilla Road (13)
- Niagara Lane (13)
- Tantawangalo Lane (26)
- Tantawangalo Mountain Road (18)
- West Kameruka Road (1)
