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Cooma NSW 2630

4,618 addresses · 199 streets

Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Cooma · 324 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Cooma is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 6,715 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,374 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 30% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

6,715Population
44Median age
$1,374Median household income / wk
$290Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Cooma - Snowy Mountains Aerodrome, 15.5 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 9.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cooma

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

Tree cover measures, Cooma NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20209.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202121.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 55.9%

Population by age in Cooma
Population by age, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4385
5-14713
15-19321
20-24319
25-34858
35-44810
45-54821
55-64937
65-74754
75-84539
85+242
Dwelling types in Cooma
Dwelling types, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House2,407
Townhouse166
Apartment121
Other23
Households by weekly income in Cooma
Households by weekly income, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650529
$650-1,499826
$1,500-2,999751
$3,000+414
Top ancestries in Cooma
Top ancestries, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian2,627
English2,363
Irish797
Scottish734
Ancestry NS594
Other585
Housing tenure in Cooma
Housing tenure, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,039
Mortgage789
Rented792
Other63
Cars per household in Cooma
Cars per household, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0194
11,081
2943
3303
4+159
Commute to work in Cooma
Commute to work, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,100
Train0
Bus17
Tram/ferry0
Walked194
Bicycle14
Home275
Top countries of birth in Cooma
Top countries of birth, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England147
New Zealand108
Germany87
India74
Italy59
Philippines44
Languages used at home in Cooma
Languages used at home, Cooma NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Italian57
German44
Nepali34
Spanish31
Urdu29
Thai29

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

6,070 bird observations recorded near Cooma — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cooma

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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