Coolgardie NSW 2478
56 addresses · 4 streets
Page Electorate › Ballina LGA › Coolgardie · 590 km from Sydney
Living Here
Coolgardie is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 132 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,250 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Ballina Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Coolgardie itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
1 post office
1 electrician
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, 13.5 km north-east.
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: 56.9% 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 | 56.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 71.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Coolgardie
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 15 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 10 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 17 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Coolgardie
| House | 39 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Coolgardie
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 14 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Coolgardie
| Australian | 57 |
|---|---|
| English | 55 |
| Scottish | 18 |
| Irish | 12 |
| German | 9 |
| Chinese | 4 |
Housing tenure in Coolgardie
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Coolgardie
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Coolgardie
| Car | 31 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Coolgardie
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,077 bird observations recorded near Coolgardie — most often seen:
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (690)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (344)
- Laughing Kookaburra (292)
- Australian Magpie (272)
- Noisy Miner (238)
- Australasian Figbird (233)
- Pied Currawong (226)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (220)
- Eastern Whipbird (203)
- Torresian Crow (200)
- Brown Thornbill (196)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (187)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (179)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Coolgardie
- Eastern Yellow Robin (178)
- White-headed Pigeon (178)
- Grey Fantail (174)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (170)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (167)
- White-browed Scrubwren (155)
- Welcome Swallow (150)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (149)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (149)
- Crested Pigeon (146)
- Masked Lapwing (146)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (145)
- Red-browed Finch (141)
- Wonga Pigeon (141)
- Pied Butcherbird (138)
- Willie Wagtail (137)
- Silvereye (133)
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 Coolgardie:
- Wardell (2.9 km)
- Pimlico (3.6 km)
- East Wardell (4.2 km)
- Meerschaum Vale (4.3 km)
- Empire Vale (4.6 km)
- Uralba (5.4 km)
- Patchs Beach (5.5 km)
- Dalwood (5.7 km)
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Streets
- Coolgardie Road (28)
- Gardie Place (3)
- Kays Road (1)
- Meridian Drive (24)
