Canobolas NSW 2800
245 addresses · 21 streets
Calare Electorate › Orange LGA › Canobolas · 210 km from Sydney
Living Here
Canobolas is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 481 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $2,273 a week, with median rent near $330 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Orange Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Canobolas itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
1 electrician
Getting around. Train station: Orange Station, 7.2 km north-east · Airport: Orange Airport, 9.7 km south-east.
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: 48.7% 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 | 48.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 70.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 67.4%
Population by age in Canobolas
| 0-4 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 59 |
| 15-19 | 37 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 32 |
| 35-44 | 58 |
| 45-54 | 68 |
| 55-64 | 89 |
| 65-74 | 66 |
| 75-84 | 36 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Canobolas
| House | 172 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Canobolas
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 34 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 51 |
| $3,000+ | 58 |
Top ancestries in Canobolas
| English | 229 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 197 |
| Irish | 66 |
| Scottish | 54 |
| Italian | 42 |
| Ancestry NS | 24 |
Housing tenure in Canobolas
| Owned | 83 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 59 |
| Rented | 23 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Canobolas
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 77 |
| 3 | 36 |
| 4+ | 28 |
Commute to work in Canobolas
| Car | 156 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 56 |
Top countries of birth in Canobolas
| England | 15 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 7 |
| Taiwan | 6 |
| Italy | 5 |
| Malaysia | 5 |
| Singapore | 4 |
Languages used at home in Canobolas
| Italian | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
16,793 bird observations recorded near Canobolas — most often seen:
- Eurasian Coot (1,150)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,011)
- Australian Wood Duck (977)
- Superb Fairy-wren (803)
- Magpie-lark (790)
- Australian Magpie (758)
- Eastern Rosella (673)
- Galah (663)
- Noisy Miner (640)
- Little Pied Cormorant (620)
- Crimson Rosella (609)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (570)
- Red Wattlebird (553)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Canobolas
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (546)
- Welcome Swallow (516)
- Australian Raven (471)
- Common Starling (443)
- Grey Teal (426)
- Australian Reed Warbler (413)
- Little Black Cormorant (399)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (397)
- White-browed Scrubwren (397)
- Pied Currawong (396)
- Hardhead (392)
- Crested Pigeon (384)
- Dusky Moorhen (383)
- Laughing Kookaburra (376)
- Grey Fantail (354)
- Willie Wagtail (349)
- Superb Parrot (334)
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 Canobolas:
- Nashdale (4 km)
- Spring Creek (5.2 km)
- Springside (5.7 km)
- Orange (7.2 km)
- Huntley (9.2 km)
- Spring Terrace (9.8 km)
- Lidster (10.8 km)
- Borenore (11 km)
Embed this suburb
Add this free Canobolas stat card to your own site — just copy the code:
Preview:
Cite this page
Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:
Keep an eye on Canobolas
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Ballykeane Lane (3)
- Berrilee Road (4)
- Canobolas Road (64)
- Carthew Road (4)
- Four Mile Creek Road (1)
- Hawke Lane (3)
- Lake Canobolas Road (14)
- Manchester Lane (4)
- Mclean Lane (2)
- Mount Canobolas Road (4)
- Mount Pleasant Lane (5)
- Old Canobolas Road (1)
- Pinnacle Road (80)
- Raylyn Road (2)
- Spurway Lane (14)
- Stairs Road (2)
- Stanford Road (5)
- Towac Way (11)
- Walker Lane (2)
- Wallace Lane (15)
- Wrights Lane (5)
