Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Cootamundra NSW 2590

4,643 addresses · 167 streets

Riverina Electorate › Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional LGA › Cootamundra · 305 km from Sydney

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Cootamundra moving guide

Living Here

Cootamundra is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 6,885 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,037 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

6,885Population
51Median age
$1,037Median household income / wk
$220Median rent / wk
2.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Cootamundra, 650 m south-east · Bus interchange: Cootamundra Coach Bay, 700 m south-east · Airport: Cootamundra Airport, 1.6 km north-east.

Run a business in Cootamundra? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 9.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cootamundra

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

Tree cover measures, Cootamundra NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20209.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202114.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 46%

Population by age in Cootamundra
Population by age, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4342
5-14810
15-19356
20-24284
25-34563
35-44616
45-54748
55-641,009
65-741,136
75-84750
85+271
Dwelling types in Cootamundra
Dwelling types, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House2,607
Townhouse202
Apartment18
Other20
Households by weekly income in Cootamundra
Households by weekly income, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650733
$650-1,499996
$1,500-2,999629
$3,000+287
Top ancestries in Cootamundra
Top ancestries, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English3,062
Australian3,009
Irish966
Scottish673
Aboriginal466
Ancestry NS441
Housing tenure in Cootamundra
Housing tenure, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,346
Mortgage695
Rented664
Other75
Cars per household in Cootamundra
Cars per household, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0245
11,108
2962
3304
4+167
Commute to work in Cootamundra
Commute to work, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,831
Train0
Bus26
Tram/ferry0
Walked127
Bicycle9
Home192
Top countries of birth in Cootamundra
Top countries of birth, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England144
New Zealand61
Philippines32
Germany21
Fiji17
Scotland17
Languages used at home in Cootamundra
Languages used at home, Cootamundra NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Nepali17
Australian Indigenous16
Tagalog13
Filipino11
Afrikaans10
Thai10

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

7,184 bird observations recorded near Cootamundra — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cootamundra

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 Cootamundra:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Cootamundra stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Cootamundra

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Mattinbgn (talk · contribs) · CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).