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Cooks Gap NSW 2850

333 addresses · 13 streets

Calare Electorate › Mid-Western Regional LGA › Cooks Gap · 219 km from Sydney

Living Here

Cooks Gap is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 549 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,637 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

549Population
43Median age
$1,637Median household income / wk
$300Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Mudgee Region - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cooks Gap itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Mudgee Airport, 25.1 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 23.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cooks Gap

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

Tree cover measures, Cooks Gap NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202023.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202145.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 5% · Labour-force participation 57%

Population by age in Cooks Gap
Population by age, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-426
5-1467
15-1932
20-2426
25-3468
35-4463
45-5489
55-64104
65-7450
75-8413
85+5
Dwelling types in Cooks Gap
Dwelling types, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House185
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Cooks Gap
Households by weekly income, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65027
$650-1,49939
$1,500-2,99958
$3,000+25
Top ancestries in Cooks Gap
Top ancestries, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian262
English221
Irish51
Aboriginal50
Ancestry NS49
Scottish35
Housing tenure in Cooks Gap
Housing tenure, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned66
Mortgage92
Rented25
Other3
Cars per household in Cooks Gap
Cars per household, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
138
285
328
4+30
Commute to work in Cooks Gap
Commute to work, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car181
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked5
Bicycle0
Home19
Top countries of birth in Cooks Gap
Top countries of birth, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England21
New Zealand8
Croatia6
Scotland5
Netherlands4
Canada3
Languages used at home in Cooks Gap
Languages used at home, Cooks Gap NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Afrikaans5
Italian5
Spanish5

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

692 bird observations recorded near Cooks Gap — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cooks Gap

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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Satellite view — Digital Earth Australia (Geoscience Australia) · CC BY 4.0.