Wantabadgery NSW 2650
177 addresses · 21 streets
Riverina Electorate › Junee LGA › Wantabadgery · 345 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wantabadgery is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 183 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Junee statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wantabadgery 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: 2.4% 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 | 2.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 64.7%
Population by age in Wantabadgery
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 21 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 37 |
| 65-74 | 25 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Wantabadgery
| House | 67 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wantabadgery
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 26 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Wantabadgery
| English | 89 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 66 |
| Irish | 31 |
| Scottish | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Wantabadgery
| Owned | 38 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Wantabadgery
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 26 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Wantabadgery
| Car | 48 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 28 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
662 bird observations recorded near Wantabadgery — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (47)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (41)
- Common Starling (40)
- Willie Wagtail (40)
- Red-rumped Parrot (39)
- Galah (34)
- Superb Fairy-wren (34)
- Eastern Rosella (33)
- Australian Raven (26)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (26)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (25)
- Red Wattlebird (24)
- Crested Pigeon (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wantabadgery
- Magpie-lark (19)
- Striated Pardalote (18)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (17)
- Superb Parrot (15)
- White-browed Babbler (15)
- White-winged Chough (14)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (14)
- Diamond Firetail (13)
- Pied Butcherbird (13)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (13)
- House Sparrow (12)
- Little Raven (12)
- Rufous Songlark (12)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (12)
- Laughing Kookaburra (11)
- Nankeen Kestrel (11)
- White-browed Woodswallow (11)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Alstonville Lane (1)
- Burnt Creek Lane (3)
- Gundagai Road (6)
- Gundagai Street (3)
- Jewnee Street (7)
- Kameruka Lane (1)
- Mcdonalds Lane (8)
- Mcgledes Hill Road (5)
- Mundarlo Street (11)
- Nangus Road (2)
- Nangus Street (4)
- Oivi Lane (3)
- Oura Road (21)
- Oura Street (1)
- River Road (27)
- Wantabadgery Road (59)
- Wantabadgery West Lane (3)
- Wantabadgery West Road (2)
- Warral Street (3)
- Windeyer Street (6)
- Worldon Lane (1)
