Cathcart NSW 2632
144 addresses · 18 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Cathcart · 368 km from Sydney
Living Here
Cathcart is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 106 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,312 a week, with median rent near $180 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bombala statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cathcart 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: 61.3% 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 | 61.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 67.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 62%
Population by age in Cathcart
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 19 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cathcart
| House | 36 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cathcart
| <$650 | 8 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Cathcart
| Australian | 62 |
|---|---|
| English | 27 |
| Scottish | 12 |
| Aboriginal | 8 |
| German | 8 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Cathcart
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 10 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cathcart
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 17 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Cathcart
| Car | 32 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,090 bird observations recorded near Cathcart — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (68)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (61)
- Eurasian Coot (54)
- Australian Wood Duck (49)
- Common Starling (49)
- Welcome Swallow (49)
- Australian Magpie (48)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (46)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (43)
- Masked Lapwing (43)
- Australasian Grebe (42)
- Australasian Shoveler (41)
- Grey Teal (41)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cathcart
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (40)
- Hardhead (38)
- Little Raven (38)
- White-faced Heron (37)
- Black Swan (30)
- Flame Robin (28)
- Laughing Kookaburra (24)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (24)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- Superb Fairy-wren (23)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (22)
- Eastern Scarlet Robin (22)
- European Goldfinch (22)
- Striated Pardalote (22)
- Crimson Rosella (21)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (21)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
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 Cathcart:
- Creewah (9.8 km)
- Bibbenluke (10.1 km)
- Coolumbooka (10.7 km)
- Mount Darragh (11.7 km)
- Rocky Hall (13.6 km)
- Ando (16.2 km)
- Bukalong (16.4 km)
- Glen Allen (16.5 km)
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Streets
- Big Jack Mountain Road (4)
- Big Jack Road (1)
- Black Lake Road (1)
- Blair Street (1)
- Cathcart Road (4)
- Coolungubra Road (2)
- Creewah Road (41)
- Dragon Swamp Road (8)
- Eden Street (28)
- Ferndale Road (1)
- Mead Street (1)
- Mount Darragh Road (22)
- Mount Marshall Road (2)
- Prior Street (1)
- Scott Street (7)
- Tantawangalo Mountain Road (15)
- Throsby Street (4)
- Woolosen Road (1)
