As with most towns in the Mallee region, the main industry is dryland agriculture and woolgrowing. The population has been slowly declining, from 290 at the 1981 census to 211 people in 2001, 195 in 2006,[2] and 191 in 2011.[1]
Woomelang Post Office opened on 10 August 1900.[3]
Woomelang Magistrates' Court closed on 1 May 1981, having not been visited by a Magistrate since 1971.[4]
An interesting attraction to the south of Woomelang is a shearing shed constructed during World War II. Due to wartime shortages, the shed is made of compacted kerosene tins.
Sport
The Woomelang Football Club was founded around 1904[5] and initially played in the Woomelang District Football Association in 1911 and in 1912 and were undefeated premiers.[6]
Woomelang FC were premiers of the North Western Football Association in 1921, 1922,[7] 1926 and runners up in 1923.[8]
In 1934, Woomelang FC defeated Lascelles in the Mallee Football League preliminary final,[11] but lost the 1934 grand final to Gorya[12] and in 1935, Woomelang won the North Central Football League premiership.
Woomerlang FC merged with Lascelles FC in 1951 and competed in the Southern Mallee Football League from 1951 to 1996, winning six senior football premierships in - 1957, 1960, 1968, 1971, 1988 and 1993 and were runners in - 1959, 1963, 1972 and 1978.
With its neighbouring township Lascelles, Woomelang had a football team (Woomelang-Lascelles) competing in the Mallee Football League, from 1997, until the league folded at the end of the 2015 season, winning a senior football premiership in 2013.
Golfers play at the course of the Woomelang Golf Club on Sunraysia Highway.[14]
