Tomboye NSW 2622
86 addresses · 6 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA › Tomboye · 190 km from Sydney
Living Here
Tomboye is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 36 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $833 a week, with median rent near $450 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, Irish, Australian. 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 Braidwood statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tomboye 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: 68.2% 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 | 68.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 82.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 50%
Population by age in Tomboye
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 12 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tomboye
| House | 21 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tomboye
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Tomboye
| English | 20 |
|---|---|
| Irish | 9 |
| Australian | 8 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Tomboye
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tomboye
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Tomboye
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
320 bird observations recorded near Tomboye — most often seen:
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (38)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (17)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (14)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (13)
- Australian Magpie (12)
- Australian Wood Duck (12)
- Common Bronzewing (11)
- Crimson Rosella (11)
- Eastern Australian Raven (11)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (11)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (11)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (10)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tomboye
- Southern Willie Wagtail (10)
- White-eared Honeyeater (10)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (9)
- Laughing Kookaburra (9)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (9)
- Welcome Swallow (9)
- Common Starling (8)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (8)
- Noisy Miner (8)
- Red Wattlebird (8)
- Yellow Thornbill (8)
- Eastern Galah (7)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (7)
- Magpie-lark (7)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (7)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (7)
- Southern Noisy Miner (7)
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 Tomboye:
- Wog Wog (6.6 km)
- Marlowe (9.4 km)
- Oallen (10.1 km)
- Corang (11.5 km)
- Back Creek (13 km)
- Durran Durra (14.7 km)
- Charleys Forest (15 km)
- Nerriga (17.4 km)
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Streets
- Haughton Road (6)
- Jacquet Road (12)
- Nerriga Road (28)
- Ningee Nimbell Creek Road (16)
- Tall Timbers Road (9)
- Tomboye Road (15)
