The common wombat inhabits an area of Australia from the borders of Queensland and New South Wales, along with the deserts of Victoria, to the southeastern tip of Australia and into Tasmania.

Its three subspecies are:

• Bass Strait wombat, found on Flinders Island, in Bass Strait Islands (between Australia and Tasmania);
• Hirsute wombat, found in the southeastern part of mainland Australia;
• Tasmanian wombat, found in Tasmania.