Wermatong NSW 2720
34 addresses · 4 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Valleys LGA › Wermatong · 316 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wermatong is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 51 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,749 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 20% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Tumut Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wermatong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 golf club
1 plumber
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Tumut Airport, 11.9 km north.
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: 31.7% 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 | 31.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 40.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in Wermatong
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 8 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 9 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wermatong
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wermatong
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Wermatong
| Australian | 23 |
|---|---|
| English | 21 |
| Ancestry NS | 16 |
| Sth African | 4 |
| Scottish | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Wermatong
| Owned | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 6 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wermatong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Wermatong
| Car | 18 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,421 bird observations recorded near Wermatong — most often seen:
- White-winged Chough (266)
- Australian Magpie (106)
- Laughing Kookaburra (68)
- Australian Wood Duck (65)
- Superb Fairy-wren (62)
- Pied Currawong (59)
- Willie Wagtail (51)
- Common Starling (47)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (45)
- Crimson Rosella (44)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (42)
- Grey Fantail (42)
- Galah (38)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wermatong
- Magpie-lark (38)
- Pacific Black Duck (38)
- White-faced Heron (37)
- Welcome Swallow (33)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (30)
- Dusky Moorhen (29)
- Straw-necked Ibis (29)
- Great Egret (28)
- Little Pied Cormorant (28)
- White-throated Treecreeper (28)
- Australian Raven (27)
- Red-rumped Parrot (26)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (25)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (24)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (23)
- Masked Lapwing (22)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (21)
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 Wermatong:
- Jones Bridge (2.6 km)
- Tumut Plains (3.8 km)
- Wereboldera (4.7 km)
- Little River (5.5 km)
- Lacmalac (6.9 km)
- Mundongo (8.6 km)
- Tumut (8.7 km)
- Gilmore (9.7 km)
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Streets
- East Blowering Road (14)
- Snowy Mountains Highway (16)
- Talbingo Road (3)
- Tumut Plains Road (1)
