Wallaroo NSW 2618

Living Here

Wallaroo is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 576 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $3,107 a week, with median rent near $440 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Yass Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wallaroo itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Thomas Aquinas Parish
  • Saint John the Apostle
• 3 hospitals

  • University of Canberra Hospital
  • North Canberra Hospital
  • Calvary Bruce Private Hospital
• 2 golf clubs

  • Belconnen Golf Course
  • Gold Creek Country Club
• 1 place to stay

  • Last Stop Ambledown Brook

Getting around. Airport: Canberra Airport, 24.8 km south-east.

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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: 8.3% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.4% · Labour-force participation 71.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

51,077 bird observations recorded near Wallaroo — most often seen:

• Eurasian Coot (2,314)
• Pacific Black Duck (2,231)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (2,137)
• Hardhead (2,124)
• Australian Magpie (2,120)
• Magpie-lark (2,085)
• Australasian Grebe (2,005)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,960)
• Willie Wagtail (1,958)
• Crested Pigeon (1,945)
• Welcome Swallow (1,915)
• Black Swan (1,902)
• Galah (1,840)

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 Wallaroo:

• Springrange (9.3 km)
• Jeir (9.9 km)
• Mullion (10.5 km)
• Uriarra (12.3 km)
• Cavan (17.7 km)
• Nanima (18.1 km)
• Murrumbateman (18.9 km)
• Sutton (21.5 km)

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