Wayo NSW 2580
124 addresses · 8 streets
Hume Electorate › Upper Lachlan Shire LGA › Wayo · 167 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wayo is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 125 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $1,968 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 93% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Goulburn Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wayo 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: 5.9% 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 | 5.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 9.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 58.2%
Population by age in Wayo
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 9 |
| 45-54 | 12 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Wayo
| House | 47 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wayo
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 16 |
Top ancestries in Wayo
| English | 61 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 44 |
| Ancestry NS | 23 |
| Scottish | 14 |
| Irish | 12 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in Wayo
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 18 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wayo
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 10 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Wayo
| Car | 36 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 12 |
Top countries of birth in Wayo
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,574 bird observations recorded near Wayo — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (103)
- Eurasian Coot (99)
- Great Crested Grebe (85)
- Pacific Black Duck (73)
- Superb Fairy-wren (70)
- Little Pied Cormorant (62)
- Magpie-lark (59)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (59)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (58)
- Little Black Cormorant (58)
- Willie Wagtail (54)
- White-faced Heron (52)
- Common Starling (51)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wayo
- Australian Raven (50)
- Black Swan (50)
- Silver Gull (50)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (48)
- Great Cormorant (47)
- Rufous Whistler (47)
- Crimson Rosella (45)
- Musk Duck (44)
- Hardhead (43)
- Welcome Swallow (43)
- Australian Wood Duck (38)
- Red Wattlebird (35)
- Australian Reed Warbler (32)
- Grey Fantail (31)
- Australasian Grebe (30)
- Australian Pelican (29)
- Brown Thornbill (29)
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 Wayo:
- Woodhouselee (3.9 km)
- Mummel (9 km)
- Middle Arm (10 km)
- Kingsdale (10.2 km)
- Roslyn (12.3 km)
- Baw Baw (12.4 km)
- Pejar (12.5 km)
- Pomeroy (12.8 km)
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Streets
- Annies Lane (8)
- Blighs Lane (4)
- Crookwell Road (25)
- Graywood Siding Road (2)
- Mount Wayo Drive (5)
- St Stephens Road (21)
- Trappers Way (14)
- Woodhouselee Road (45)