Wamboin NSW 2620

Living Here

Wamboin is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,805 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $3,461 a week, with median rent near $520 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 6% 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 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 hospital

  • Queanbeyan Hospital and Health Service

Getting around. Train station: Bungendore, 11 km east · Airport: Canberra Airport, 13.9 km south-west.

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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: 26.3% 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 2.9% · Labour-force participation 70.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

43,342 bird observations recorded near Wamboin — most often seen:

• Crimson Rosella (3,078)
• Australian Raven (2,445)
• Red Wattlebird (2,327)
• Pied Currawong (2,066)
• Australian Magpie (1,961)
• Australian Wood Duck (1,949)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,937)
• Galah (1,870)
• White-throated Treecreeper (1,779)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (1,730)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,556)
• Eastern Spinebill (1,488)
• White-eared Honeyeater (1,439)

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 Wamboin:

• Bywong (7.2 km)
• Bungendore (11.1 km)
• Sutton (11.2 km)
• The Ridgeway (12.3 km)
• Lake George (13.4 km)
• Queanbeyan East (14.1 km)
• Carwoola (15 km)
• Queanbeyan (15.2 km)

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