Chakola NSW 2630
52 addresses · 6 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Chakola · 308 km from Sydney
Living Here
Chakola is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 88 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,249 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range 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: Chakola 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: 32.7% 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 | 32.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 47.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 59.1%
Population by age in Chakola
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 20 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 14 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Chakola
| House | 28 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Chakola
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 5 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Chakola
| Australian | 38 |
|---|---|
| English | 38 |
| Irish | 17 |
| Ancestry NS | 8 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| German | 5 |
Housing tenure in Chakola
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Chakola
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 5 |
Commute to work in Chakola
| Car | 27 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Languages used at home in Chakola
| Polish | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
495 bird observations recorded near Chakola — most often seen:
- Red-rumped Parrot (33)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (30)
- Brown Falcon (28)
- Australian Raven (26)
- Common Starling (26)
- Willie Wagtail (26)
- Dusky Woodswallow (24)
- Superb Fairy-wren (24)
- Nankeen Kestrel (21)
- Black-shouldered Kite (19)
- Welcome Swallow (18)
- Australian Magpie (17)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (17)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Chakola
- Galah (17)
- Eurasian Skylark (15)
- European Goldfinch (14)
- Australian Wood Duck (13)
- Australian Reed Warbler (11)
- Grey Fantail (11)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (11)
- Rufous Whistler (11)
- Eurasian Blackbird (10)
- House Sparrow (10)
- Australian Pipit (9)
- Crested Pigeon (9)
- Little Eagle (9)
- Little Pied Cormorant (9)
- Little Raven (9)
- Pallid Cuckoo (9)
- Red-browed Finch (9)
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 Chakola:
- Billilingra (7.4 km)
- Bunyan (8.9 km)
- Rose Valley (10.3 km)
- Murrumbucca (10.5 km)
- Binjura (13.1 km)
- Bredbo (13.8 km)
- Polo Flat (17.2 km)
- Glen Fergus (17.3 km)
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Streets
- Chakola Road (11)
- Dromore Road (8)
- Monaro Highway (16)
- Rosebrook Road (4)
- Rothlyn Road (12)
- Thurbons Road (1)
