Cow Flat NSW 2795
35 addresses · 4 streets
Calare Electorate › Bathurst Regional LGA › Cow Flat · 160 km from Sydney
Living Here
Cow Flat is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 58 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $2,249 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Bathurst Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cow Flat itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Bathurst Airport, 20.2 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: 29.8% 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 | 29.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 41.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Cow Flat
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 5 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 9 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Cow Flat
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cow Flat
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 5 |
Top ancestries in Cow Flat
| English | 27 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 23 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| German | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
| Irish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Cow Flat
| Owned | 10 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cow Flat
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Cow Flat
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,221 bird observations recorded near Cow Flat — most often seen:
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (65)
- South-eastern White-throated Treecreeper (63)
- South-east Eastern Spinebill (55)
- Australian Magpie (51)
- White-throated Treecreeper (49)
- Crimson Rosella (46)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (46)
- South-eastern White-eared Honeyeater (46)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (41)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (40)
- Eastern Spinebill (40)
- Common Starling (39)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cow Flat
- South-eastern White-browed Scrubwren (38)
- Australian Wood Duck (37)
- Brown Thornbill (37)
- Galah (37)
- South-eastern Yellow-faced Honeyeater (37)
- Eastern Australian Raven (36)
- South-eastern Striated Thornbill (36)
- White-eared Honeyeater (36)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (35)
- Eastern Galah (35)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (35)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (35)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (35)
- South-eastern Brown Thornbill (34)
- Spotted Pardalote (33)
- Striated Thornbill (33)
- Nankeen Kestrel (32)
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 Cow Flat:
- Rockley Mount (2.9 km)
- Georges Plains (4.7 km)
- Fosters Valley (6.5 km)
- Perthville (7.5 km)
- The Lagoon (7.8 km)
- Wimbledon (8.8 km)
- Orton Park (10.9 km)
- Tannas Mount (11.8 km)
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Streets
- Bartons Road (1)
- Cow Flat Road (22)
- Gestingthorpe Road (5)
- Quarry Road (7)
