Arable NSW 2630
17 addresses · 4 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Arable · 346 km from Sydney
Living Here
Arable is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 21 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $3,125 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, Scottish, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cooma Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Arable itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 1.6% 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 | 1.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 11.1% · Labour-force participation 64.3%
Population by age in Arable
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Arable
| House | 5 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Arable
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 0 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Arable
| Australian | 13 |
|---|---|
| Scottish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
| English | 4 |
| German | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Arable
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Arable
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Arable
| Car | 3 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
198 bird observations recorded near Arable — most often seen:
- Grey Teal (35)
- Eurasian Coot (24)
- Black Swan (23)
- Black-winged Stilt (14)
- Pacific Black Duck (13)
- Australian Wood Duck (11)
- Australian Shelduck (10)
- Australasian Shoveler (9)
- Silver Gull (8)
- Australian Pelican (4)
- Hardhead (4)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (4)
- European Goldfinch (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Arable
- Masked Lapwing (3)
- White-faced Heron (3)
- Australasian Grebe (2)
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Brown Falcon (2)
- Chestnut Teal (2)
- Common Starling (2)
- Crested Pigeon (2)
- Crimson Rosella (2)
- Diamond Firetail (2)
- Eurasian Skylark (2)
- Little Raven (2)
- Nankeen Kestrel (2)
- Red-rumped Parrot (2)
- Striated Pardalote (2)
- Welcome Swallow (2)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (2)
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 Arable:
- Bobundara (9.2 km)
- The Brothers (11 km)
- Berridale (13.9 km)
- Coolringdon (14.4 km)
- Myalla (15.6 km)
- Cootralantra (16.3 km)
- Pine Valley (17 km)
- Maffra (18.7 km)
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Streets
- Arable Road (8)
- Bobundara Road (1)
- Cottage Creek Road (4)
- Maffra Road (4)
