Coolagolite NSW 2550
206 addresses · 15 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Bega Valley LGA › Coolagolite · 304 km from Sydney
Living Here
Coolagolite is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 309 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,187 a week, with median rent near $305 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Bega-Eden Hinterland statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coolagolite itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 Catholic church
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Merimbula Airport, 56.4 km south.
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: 67% 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 | 67.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 72.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 53.8%
Population by age in Coolagolite
| 0-4 | 16 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 34 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 31 |
| 35-44 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 36 |
| 55-64 | 70 |
| 65-74 | 55 |
| 75-84 | 14 |
| 85+ | 6 |
Dwelling types in Coolagolite
| House | 120 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Coolagolite
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 49 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 29 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Coolagolite
| English | 138 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 117 |
| Irish | 34 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Other | 22 |
| German | 16 |
Housing tenure in Coolagolite
| Owned | 70 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Coolagolite
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 52 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 4+ | 21 |
Commute to work in Coolagolite
| Car | 85 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Coolagolite
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Canada | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Thailand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Coolagolite
| Australian Indigenous | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
709 bird observations recorded near Coolagolite — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (40)
- Grey Fantail (39)
- Laughing Kookaburra (35)
- Wonga Pigeon (33)
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (31)
- Southern Boobook (31)
- Bell Miner (30)
- Superb Lyrebird (29)
- White-throated Treecreeper (29)
- Eastern Spinebill (28)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (26)
- Superb Fairy-wren (26)
- Australian Raven (25)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Coolagolite
- Grey Shrike-thrush (25)
- Eastern Whipbird (24)
- Grey Butcherbird (24)
- Sooty Owl (22)
- Brown Thornbill (21)
- Pied Currawong (19)
- Powerful Owl (18)
- White-browed Scrubwren (18)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (18)
- Australian King-parrot (16)
- Spotted Pardalote (16)
- Crimson Rosella (15)
- Satin Bowerbird (15)
- Common Bronzewing (14)
- Golden Whistler (14)
- Red Wattlebird (14)
- Red-browed Finch (14)
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 Coolagolite:
- Cobargo (7.7 km)
- Dignams Creek (8.4 km)
- Wallaga Lake (8.9 km)
- Bermagui (9 km)
- Cuttagee (10.6 km)
- Akolele (10.8 km)
- Tilba Tilba (10.9 km)
- Quaama (11.2 km)
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Streets
- Blair Close (9)
- Brimmers Lane (9)
- Cobargo Bermagui Road (36)
- Coolagolite Link Road (4)
- Coolagolite Road (30)
- Elata Lane (5)
- Green Tyrrells Road (14)
- James Mead Lane (1)
- Lyrebird Ridge Road (18)
- Rankins Road (14)
- Ridge Road (8)
- Rilys Road (28)
- Tricarpa Lane (9)
- Westrops Road (19)
- Windsong Lane (2)
