Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Corowa NSW 2646

4,408 addresses · 131 streets

Farrer Electorate › Federation LGA › Corowa · 500 km from Sydney

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Corowa moving guide

Living Here

Corowa is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 5,595 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,130 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% 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.

5,595Population
52Median age
$1,130Median household income / wk
$230Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Corowa Aerodrome, 2.9 km west.

Run a business in Corowa? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 15.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Corowa

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

Tree cover measures, Corowa NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202015.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202120.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 51.3%

Population by age in Corowa
Population by age, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4241
5-14574
15-19300
20-24238
25-34484
35-44449
45-54676
55-64866
65-74909
75-84604
85+251
Dwelling types in Corowa
Dwelling types, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House2,006
Townhouse358
Apartment3
Other29
Households by weekly income in Corowa
Households by weekly income, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650626
$650-1,499779
$1,500-2,999619
$3,000+201
Top ancestries in Corowa
Top ancestries, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English2,455
Australian2,431
Irish725
Scottish659
Ancestry NS358
German243
Housing tenure in Corowa
Housing tenure, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,111
Mortgage648
Rented574
Other30
Cars per household in Corowa
Cars per household, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0149
1987
2856
3251
4+120
Commute to work in Corowa
Commute to work, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,801
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked96
Bicycle15
Home141
Top countries of birth in Corowa
Top countries of birth, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England133
New Zealand55
Philippines42
Scotland26
Germany25
Italy19
Languages used at home in Corowa
Languages used at home, Corowa NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin24
Tagalog20
Italian15
Punjabi10
Thai10
Filipino9

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

11,506 bird observations recorded near Corowa — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Corowa

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 Corowa:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Corowa 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 Corowa

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

Streets

Image — Mattinbgn · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).