Coolac NSW 2727
210 addresses · 31 streets
Riverina Electorate › Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional LGA › Coolac · 300 km from Sydney
Living Here
Coolac is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 244 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 7% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, 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 Gundagai statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coolac itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 service stations
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Cootamundra Airport, 34.9 km north-west.
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: 4.1% 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 | 4.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 7.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 66.3%
Population by age in Coolac
| 0-4 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 31 |
| 15-19 | 24 |
| 20-24 | 7 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 37 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 23 |
| 65-74 | 31 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Coolac
| House | 82 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Coolac
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 19 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 23 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Coolac
| English | 108 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 102 |
| Irish | 53 |
| Scottish | 39 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
| German | 15 |
Housing tenure in Coolac
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Coolac
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Coolac
| Car | 72 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 33 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
672 bird observations recorded near Coolac — most often seen:
- Galah (60)
- Nankeen Kestrel (45)
- Common Starling (43)
- Black-shouldered Kite (41)
- Australian Magpie (39)
- Brown Falcon (37)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (35)
- Willie Wagtail (27)
- Australian Raven (26)
- Laughing Kookaburra (23)
- Red-rumped Parrot (23)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (22)
- Magpie-lark (21)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Coolac
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (19)
- White-faced Heron (18)
- Welcome Swallow (17)
- Eastern Rosella (15)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (15)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Superb Fairy-wren (14)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (14)
- Whistling Kite (14)
- Australian Wood Duck (13)
- Straw-necked Ibis (13)
- Diamond Firetail (11)
- House Sparrow (11)
- Little Corella (11)
- Peaceful Dove (11)
- Eastern Galah (10)
- South-eastern Brown Treecreeper (10)
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 Coolac:
- Gobarralong (12.4 km)
- Muttama (13.6 km)
- Burra Creek (14.9 km)
- Darbalara (16 km)
- Jugiong (16.5 km)
- Reno (16.7 km)
- Jones Creek (17.3 km)
- Gundagai (17.8 km)
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Streets
- Armours Lane (4)
- Armours Road (5)
- Bundarbo Road (5)
- Caulderwood Road (7)
- Charlotte Street (1)
- Coggans Road (2)
- Cooininee Road (3)
- Coolac Road (31)
- Cooneys Creek Road (5)
- Cootamundra Road (1)
- Crowes Road (8)
- Five Mile Creek Road (2)
- Gobarralong Road (10)
- Harvey Park Lane (1)
- Hill Street (1)
- Hoares Lane (9)
- Hume Highway (49)
- Illawong Road (7)
- Mingay Road (3)
- Mingay Street (2)
- Mount Street (1)
- Muttama Road (19)
- Nanangroe Road (4)
- Riverview Road (6)
- Sandy Falls Road (8)
- School Road (5)
- Sommerset Road (1)
- Spring Dam Road (3)
- Tabers Lane (2)
- Wambidgee Road (4)
- Warralong Road (1)
