Tomakin NSW 2537
1,345 addresses · 27 streets
Gilmore Electorate › Eurobodalla LGA › Tomakin · 237 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Tomakin is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,233 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,260 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Broulee - Tomakin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tomakin itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
4 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 pharmacy
2 hospitals
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Moruya Airport, 9.4 km south-west.
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: 38.6% 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 | 38.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 50.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 44.7%
Population by age in Tomakin
| 0-4 | 49 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 135 |
| 15-19 | 48 |
| 20-24 | 34 |
| 25-34 | 108 |
| 35-44 | 123 |
| 45-54 | 133 |
| 55-64 | 200 |
| 65-74 | 287 |
| 75-84 | 90 |
| 85+ | 29 |
Dwelling types in Tomakin
| House | 406 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 17 |
| Apartment | 14 |
| Other | 69 |
Households by weekly income in Tomakin
| <$650 | 104 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 190 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 126 |
| $3,000+ | 65 |
Top ancestries in Tomakin
| English | 554 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 515 |
| Irish | 164 |
| Scottish | 147 |
| Ancestry NS | 82 |
| Other | 65 |
Housing tenure in Tomakin
| Owned | 268 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 120 |
| Rented | 102 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Tomakin
| 0 | 19 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 202 |
| 2 | 196 |
| 3 | 53 |
| 4+ | 27 |
Commute to work in Tomakin
| Car | 314 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 61 |
Top countries of birth in Tomakin
| England | 57 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 14 |
| New Zealand | 14 |
| Scotland | 8 |
| South Africa | 7 |
| China | 5 |
Languages used at home in Tomakin
| Italian | 4 |
|---|---|
| French | 3 |
| German | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
21,918 bird observations recorded near Tomakin — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,372)
- Red Wattlebird (1,279)
- Australian Magpie (1,007)
- Little Wattlebird (960)
- Brown Thornbill (912)
- Great Cormorant (852)
- Superb Fairy-wren (834)
- Pied Currawong (818)
- Silver Gull (811)
- Laughing Kookaburra (779)
- Welcome Swallow (748)
- Crimson Rosella (724)
- Eastern Whipbird (718)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tomakin
- New Holland Honeyeater (679)
- Eastern Spinebill (677)
- Satin Bowerbird (674)
- Little Pied Cormorant (673)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (664)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (649)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (598)
- Grey Fantail (583)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (578)
- Australian King-parrot (570)
- Australian Raven (570)
- Crested Tern (556)
- Galah (540)
- Silvereye (535)
- White-faced Heron (529)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (517)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (512)
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 Tomakin:
- Mossy Point (1.7 km)
- Rosedale (2.7 km)
- Guerilla Bay (2.9 km)
- Broulee (3.2 km)
- Woodlands (3.3 km)
- Malua Bay (5 km)
- Jeremadra (5.5 km)
- Bimbimbie (6.1 km)
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Streets
- Ainslie Parade (102)
- Akin Place (8)
- Bada Lane (8)
- Bagarin Avenue (28)
- Barlings Drive (22)
- Barton Parade (12)
- Beachside Boulevard (38)
- Bevian Road (1)
- Dawarra Street (19)
- Deakin Parade (42)
- Dunns Creek Road (1)
- Forest Parade (82)
- George Bass Drive (275)
- John Penn Drive (41)
- Kingston Place (74)
- Oceanview Way (40)
- Parkes Parade (8)
- Parks Parade (8)
- Red Hill Parade (44)
- Reflections Place (6)
- Reid Street (19)
- Sunfield Court (10)
- Sunpatch Parade (344)
- Thomsen Place (6)
- Tomakin Place (21)
- Tomakin Road (61)
- Yarralumla Crescent (25)
