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Cobar NSW 2835

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Parkes Electorate › Cobar LGA › Cobar · 568 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Cobar is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,603 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,816 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 62% of households own their home and 35% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

3,603Population
36Median age
$1,816Median household income / wk
$200Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Cobar statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cobar itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Cobar Airport, 5.7 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 3/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 19.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cobar

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Cobar NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202019.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202168.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 58.6%

Population by age in Cobar
Population by age, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4260
5-14500
15-19210
20-24205
25-34544
35-44455
45-54381
55-64468
65-74331
75-84181
85+68
Dwelling types in Cobar
Dwelling types, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House1,121
Townhouse44
Apartment67
Other14
Households by weekly income in Cobar
Households by weekly income, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650206
$650-1,499261
$1,500-2,999360
$3,000+282
Top ancestries in Cobar
Top ancestries, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian1,564
English1,188
Ancestry NS574
Aboriginal483
Irish319
Scottish261
Housing tenure in Cobar
Housing tenure, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned411
Mortgage354
Rented434
Other27
Cars per household in Cobar
Cars per household, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
085
1456
2461
3146
4+77
Commute to work in Cobar
Commute to work, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,160
Train0
Bus15
Tram/ferry0
Walked97
Bicycle9
Home62
Top countries of birth in Cobar
Top countries of birth, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand48
Philippines21
England20
India20
South Africa15
Papua New Guinea11
Languages used at home in Cobar
Languages used at home, Cobar NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans14
Punjabi14
Mandarin13
Tagalog11
Spanish11
Thai10

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

14,270 bird observations recorded near Cobar — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cobar

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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