Yarroweyah VIC 3644
296 addresses · 24 streets
Nicholls Electorate › Moira LGA › Yarroweyah · 215 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Yarroweyah is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 551 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,321 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Numurkah statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Yarroweyah itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 Catholic churches
2 hospitals
1 service station
1 golf club
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Tocumwal Aerodrome, 15 km north.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Yarroweyah.
- Yarroweyah Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball, 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: 7.2% 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 | 7.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 58.9%
Population by age in Yarroweyah
| 0-4 | 25 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 86 |
| 15-19 | 23 |
| 20-24 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 69 |
| 35-44 | 48 |
| 45-54 | 80 |
| 55-64 | 92 |
| 65-74 | 72 |
| 75-84 | 32 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Yarroweyah
| House | 181 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Yarroweyah
| <$650 | 41 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 73 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 58 |
| $3,000+ | 22 |
Top ancestries in Yarroweyah
| Australian | 222 |
|---|---|
| English | 217 |
| Irish | 68 |
| Ancestry NS | 60 |
| Scottish | 48 |
| Italian | 28 |
Housing tenure in Yarroweyah
| Owned | 74 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 75 |
| Rented | 16 |
| Other | 9 |
Cars per household in Yarroweyah
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 83 |
| 3 | 34 |
| 4+ | 36 |
Commute to work in Yarroweyah
| Car | 167 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 3 |
| Home | 45 |
Top countries of birth in Yarroweyah
| New Zealand | 24 |
|---|---|
| England | 12 |
| Philippines | 9 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Italy | 3 |
Languages used at home in Yarroweyah
| Malayalam | 5 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,374 bird observations recorded near Yarroweyah — most often seen:
- Common Starling (60)
- House Sparrow (58)
- Australian Magpie (56)
- Straw-necked Ibis (56)
- Willie Wagtail (56)
- Galah (51)
- Magpie-lark (51)
- Pacific Black Duck (51)
- Welcome Swallow (50)
- White-necked Heron (49)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (47)
- White-faced Heron (47)
- Laughing Kookaburra (45)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Yarroweyah
- Noisy Miner (44)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (44)
- Australian Raven (43)
- Black-shouldered Kite (43)
- Australian White Ibis (42)
- Red-rumped Parrot (42)
- Australian Wood Duck (41)
- Nankeen Kestrel (41)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (41)
- Australian Pelican (40)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (40)
- Flame Robin (40)
- Masked Lapwing (40)
- Zebra Finch (40)
- Black Swan (39)
- Striated Pardalote (39)
- Australasian Grebe (38)
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 Yarroweyah:
- Koonoomoo (7.3 km)
- Cobram (7.9 km)
- Strathmerton (9.3 km)
- Muckatah (10 km)
- Katunga (11.2 km)
- Mywee (11.2 km)
- Naring (13.6 km)
- Cobram East (15.2 km)
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Streets
- Amos Street (10)
- Benalla-tocumwal Road (12)
- Blamey Road (14)
- Churchill Road (25)
- Collins Road (4)
- Dunkirk Road (4)
- Gooley Street (11)
- Goulburn Valley Highway (8)
- Hill Road (8)
- Houlihan Road (1)
- Kenny Road (28)
- Kokoda Road (22)
- Labuan Road (8)
- Larissa Road (21)
- Macarthur Road (19)
- Maidment Road (3)
- Montgomery Road (10)
- Murray Valley Highway (34)
- Muscara Court (6)
- Roosevelt Road (6)
- Singapore Road (26)
- Stokes Road (5)
- Tobruk Road (7)
- Tom Obrien Road (4)
