For the last month the marsupial has been roaming near Back Creek and making itself at home along Herberts Road, Hobhouse Street and Burghley Street.

It appears to have been hand-raised and released into the wild without proper rehabilitation, and residents want it relocated for its own safety.

Northern Midlands councillor Matthew Brooks said he first spotted wombat poo in his garden and mentioned it to his wife but she told him not to be stupid.

Before long he woke up to it at 2am on his verandah eating his cat's food and spotted the nocturnal animal crossing the road in broad daylight as he mowed his lawn.

He spoke to neighbours and realised most of them had similar stories to share.

"It's not normal behaviour for wombats to be going into people's houses," he said.

"All of us neighbours don't want to get up and see the wombat [has] been run over or been mauled by a dog.

"We want someone to relocate the wombat to a wildlife sanctuary or somewhere it can live its happy days."

He said his neighbour had to build a blockade to stop the wombat entering their home through their cat flap.

Another set a trap to try to catch it and relocate it but as it's a protected species, a permit is required to take or possess the species, and police took the trap and threatened prosecution.

Mr Brooks contacted Parks and Wildlife and the council.

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He was told the council's animal control officers were to stay away from it and wait for the Wildlife Management Branch to handle the situation.

A Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment spokesperson said two phone calls were received from residents concerned about the wombat.

"Concerned residents could consider deterrents such as locking cat flaps and considering adding blood and bone, and dog or cat scats to gardens," they said.

"Appropriate fencing is also a useful exclusion measure.

"Wombats are inquisitive by nature and can be deterred by such methods..if wombats feel unwelcome, they are more likely to move on.

"If deterrents are not successful and the wombat's nuisance behaviour continues, residents are encouraged to contact wildlife officers for further advice."

They said it was not uncommon for wildlife to move closer to urban and semi-urban areas due to fewer resources being available in bushland.

Bev McGee lives on Herberts Road and has gotten to know the wombat, naming it Mr Bat, because it frequents the drainage pipes in front of her home.

She said its nature towards humans suggested it was raised by someone.

She said neighbours had found the wombat inside their homes, including one who met it in their hallway and told it to get out and it turned around and left.

"We don't want to harm him, we just want to relocate him," she said.

"He can come and go and dig holes where ever he likes but we're not allowed to do anything about that.

"Something needs to be done about this because there's traffic around here and he will get skittled, and because he isn't out only at night, he is out during the day."