Wirrinya NSW 2871
85 addresses · 18 streets
Riverina Electorate › Forbes LGA › Wirrinya · 321 km from Sydney
Living Here
Wirrinya is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 92 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Forbes statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wirrinya 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: 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 | 4.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 74.2%
Population by age in Wirrinya
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wirrinya
| House | 29 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wirrinya
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Wirrinya
| Australian | 56 |
|---|---|
| English | 51 |
| Irish | 8 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in Wirrinya
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Wirrinya
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Wirrinya
| Car | 30 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 16 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
226 bird observations recorded near Wirrinya — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (13)
- Magpie-lark (12)
- Crested Pigeon (11)
- White-winged Chough (11)
- Apostlebird (10)
- Australian Raven (10)
- Galah (9)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (9)
- Grey Butcherbird (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Red-rumped Parrot (8)
- Willie Wagtail (8)
- Yellow Thornbill (8)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wirrinya
- Cockatiel (7)
- Noisy Miner (7)
- Red-capped Robin (7)
- Welcome Swallow (7)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (7)
- Australasian Grebe (6)
- Bluebonnet (6)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (6)
- Laughing Kookaburra (6)
- Little Raven (6)
- Nankeen Kestrel (6)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (5)
- Brown Falcon (5)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (5)
- Eurasian Coot (5)
- Grey-crowned Babbler (5)
- Jacky Winter (5)
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 Wirrinya:
- Pullabooka (14.9 km)
- Garema (17.2 km)
- Pinnacle (22 km)
- Corinella (23.9 km)
- Jemalong (24.7 km)
- Caragabal (24.8 km)
- Ooma (28.1 km)
- Piney Range (30.1 km)
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Streets
- Back Creek Road (1)
- Ballendene Road (1)
- Battery Hill Road (7)
- Bewleys Road (3)
- Carrawandool Road (3)
- Cooyong Lane (2)
- Hastings Road (3)
- Ironbarks Road (2)
- Mount Tallabung Road (24)
- Muffets Road (1)
- Nevlin Lane (1)
- Newell Highway (11)
- Seymour Armitages Road (2)
- Warrenvale Lane (1)
- Warrenvale Road (1)
- Wennings Road (2)
- Wilgalong Lane (1)
- Wirrinya Road (19)
