Willigobung NSW 2653
51 addresses · 5 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Valleys LGA › Willigobung · 352 km from Sydney
Living Here
Willigobung is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 63 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,374 a week, with median rent near $355 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Tumbarumba statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Willigobung itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Tumut Airport, 47.3 km north-east.
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: 34.5% 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 | 34.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 55.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 8.6% · Labour-force participation 66%
Population by age in Willigobung
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 16 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Willigobung
| House | 23 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Willigobung
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Willigobung
| English | 28 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 13 |
| Other | 12 |
| Irish | 11 |
| Ancestry NS | 6 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Willigobung
| Owned | 13 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 4 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Willigobung
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 5 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Willigobung
| Car | 17 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
85 bird observations recorded near Willigobung — most often seen:
- White-browed Scrubwren (7)
- Eurasian Blackbird (6)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (6)
- Brown Thornbill (5)
- Southern Boobook (5)
- Flame Robin (4)
- Laughing Kookaburra (3)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (3)
- Superb Fairy-wren (3)
- White-throated Treecreeper (3)
- Australian Raven (2)
- Crimson Rosella (2)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Willigobung
- Eastern Whipbird (2)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (2)
- European Goldfinch (2)
- Golden Whistler (2)
- Grey Currawong (2)
- Grey Fantail (2)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (2)
- Olive Whistler (2)
- Red-browed Treecreeper (2)
- Satin Bowerbird (2)
- Scarlet Robin (2)
- Spotted Pardalote (2)
- Superb Lyrebird (2)
- White-eared Honeyeater (2)
- White-naped Honeyeater (2)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (2)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (2)
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 Willigobung:
- Courabyra (5.7 km)
- Laurel Hill (8 km)
- Taradale (9.7 km)
- Green Hills (11.8 km)
- Lower Bago (12.5 km)
- Kunama (12.7 km)
- Tumbarumba (12.9 km)
- Glenroy (15.6 km)
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Streets
- Batlow Road (14)
- Willigobung Middle Spur Road (3)
- Willigobung North Spur Road (9)
- Willigobung Road (21)
- Willigobung South Spur Road (4)
