Bamawm VIC 3561
284 addresses · 23 streets
Nicholls Electorate › Campaspe LGA › Bamawm · 175 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Bamawm is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 491 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,440 a week, with median rent near $213 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, 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 Lockington - Gunbower statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bamawm itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: Echuca Airport, 18 km north-east.
Sport & Recreation
3 facilities recorded in Bamawm.
- Bamawm Golf Club Golf
- Bamawm Indoor Sports Complex Badminton, Basketball, Netball (Indoor), Tennis (Indoor)
- Bamawm Recreation Reserve Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 3% 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 | 3.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.3% · Labour-force participation 66.7%
Population by age in Bamawm
| 0-4 | 27 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 74 |
| 15-19 | 35 |
| 20-24 | 21 |
| 25-34 | 50 |
| 35-44 | 68 |
| 45-54 | 64 |
| 55-64 | 79 |
| 65-74 | 58 |
| 75-84 | 22 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Bamawm
| House | 169 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bamawm
| <$650 | 15 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 58 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 54 |
| $3,000+ | 18 |
Top ancestries in Bamawm
| Australian | 244 |
|---|---|
| English | 192 |
| Irish | 68 |
| Scottish | 58 |
| Ancestry NS | 33 |
| German | 24 |
Housing tenure in Bamawm
| Owned | 66 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 64 |
| Rented | 26 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Bamawm
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 35 |
| 2 | 71 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 24 |
Commute to work in Bamawm
| Car | 144 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 16 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 54 |
Top countries of birth in Bamawm
| South Africa | 6 |
|---|---|
| Thailand | 5 |
| England | 3 |
Languages used at home in Bamawm
| Thai | 5 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
497 bird observations recorded near Bamawm — most often seen:
- Common Starling (32)
- Australian Magpie (28)
- Galah (26)
- Magpie-lark (25)
- Crested Pigeon (24)
- Eastern Rosella (22)
- Willie Wagtail (22)
- Straw-necked Ibis (20)
- Welcome Swallow (20)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (19)
- House Sparrow (18)
- Noisy Miner (18)
- Pacific Black Duck (17)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bamawm
- White-faced Heron (16)
- Red-rumped Parrot (14)
- Superb Fairy-wren (14)
- White-necked Heron (14)
- Zebra Finch (14)
- Australian White Ibis (13)
- Little Raven (13)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (13)
- Australian Wood Duck (12)
- Australian Raven (11)
- Eastern Galah (11)
- Laughing Kookaburra (11)
- Brown Falcon (10)
- Common Myna (10)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (10)
- Eurasian Blackbird (10)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (10)
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 Bamawm:
- Ballendella (5.6 km)
- Lockington (7.2 km)
- Bamawm Extension (9.3 km)
- Kotta (10.2 km)
- Diggora (11.8 km)
- Rochester (13 km)
- Echuca West (13.3 km)
- Fairy Dell (13.7 km)
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Streets
- Bamawm Hall Road (24)
- Bamawm Road (32)
- Brentnall Lane (4)
- Brick Church Road (1)
- Cunnington Road (2)
- Foster Road (3)
- Hansen Road (43)
- Holman Lane (4)
- Lowe Road (3)
- Lynn Road (9)
- Marshall Lane (3)
- Mccoll Road (1)
- Mew Lane (5)
- Middleton Road (20)
- Minard Lane (1)
- Northern Highway (5)
- Prairie-rochester Road (18)
- Restdown Road (11)
- Singer Road (40)
- Strathallan Road (34)
- Twaddle Lane (4)
- Vise Road (7)
- Whinfield Road (10)
