The Gap NSW 2650
91 addresses · 17 streets
Riverina Electorate › Wagga Wagga LGA › The Gap · 386 km from Sydney
Living Here
The Gap is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 76 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $2,125 a week, with median rent near $240 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 English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2011 → 2021
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Wagga Wagga Airport, 32.5 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: 3.1% 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 | 3.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 77.2%
Population by age in The Gap
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 16 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 21 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in The Gap
| House | 25 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in The Gap
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in The Gap
| English | 47 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 33 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| German | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in The Gap
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in The Gap
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in The Gap
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
41 bird observations recorded near The Gap — most often seen:
- Bluebonnet (3)
- Eastern Rosella (3)
- Apostlebird (2)
- Crested Pigeon (2)
- Galah (2)
- Nankeen Kestrel (2)
- Noisy Miner (2)
- Superb Parrot (2)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (2)
- Australian King-parrot (1)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Australian Raven (1)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
Show all 30 birds recorded near The Gap
- Brown Falcon (1)
- Brown Songlark (1)
- Cockatiel (1)
- Common Starling (1)
- Eastern Grey-crowned Babbler (1)
- Horsfield's Bushlark (1)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1)
- Magpie-lark (1)
- Mainland Wedge-tailed Eagle (1)
- Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (1)
- Red-rumped Parrot (1)
- Restless Flycatcher (1)
- Rufous Whistler (1)
- Spotted Harrier (1)
- Striated Pardalote (1)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1)
- Tawny Frogmouth (1)
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 The Gap:
- Dhulura (11 km)
- Euberta (11.5 km)
- Currawarna (13.2 km)
- Downside (13.6 km)
- Coolamon (15.2 km)
- Hillgrove (16.1 km)
- Gobbagombalin (17.3 km)
- Charles Sturt University (17.4 km)
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Streets
- Casleys Lane (6)
- Colonels Road (4)
- Cottee Road (2)
- East Millwood Road (5)
- East Tooyal Road (2)
- Flowerdale Road (1)
- Gap Hall-coolamon Road (14)
- Gap Hall-downside Road (2)
- Hancocks Lane (5)
- Kittegora School Road (1)
- Locks Road (1)
- Macks Road (1)
- Millwood Road (11)
- The Gap Road (12)
- Tooyal Road (11)
- Tooyal School Road (1)
- Warren Church Road (12)
