Dairymans Plains NSW 2630
104 addresses · 8 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Dairymans Plains · 326 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dairymans Plains is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 183 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cooma Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Dairymans Plains itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 park
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
1 library
3 service stations
1 golf club
1 hardware store
Getting around. Airport: Cooma - Snowy Mountains Aerodrome, 11.6 km south-west.
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: 6.2% 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 | 6.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 19.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1% · Labour-force participation 63.1%
Population by age in Dairymans Plains
| 0-4 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 38 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 20 |
| 75-84 | 11 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Dairymans Plains
| House | 62 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dairymans Plains
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 21 |
| $3,000+ | 17 |
Top ancestries in Dairymans Plains
| English | 73 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 67 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Other | 16 |
Housing tenure in Dairymans Plains
| Owned | 29 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 29 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Dairymans Plains
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Dairymans Plains
| Car | 69 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Dairymans Plains
| England | 6 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Languages used at home in Dairymans Plains
| Punjabi | 5 |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 4 |
| German | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,236 bird observations recorded near Dairymans Plains — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (257)
- Crimson Rosella (213)
- Pied Currawong (198)
- Australian Wood Duck (195)
- House Sparrow (189)
- Little Raven (187)
- Red Wattlebird (169)
- Pacific Black Duck (168)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (162)
- Eurasian Blackbird (157)
- Superb Fairy-wren (154)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (142)
- Australian Raven (141)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dairymans Plains
- Common Starling (141)
- White-eared Honeyeater (131)
- Laughing Kookaburra (128)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (127)
- Willie Wagtail (125)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (122)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (111)
- Striated Pardalote (111)
- Eastern Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (107)
- European Goldfinch (106)
- Eastern Rosella (104)
- Magpie-lark (104)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (103)
- Galah (101)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (98)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (97)
- Silvereye (88)
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 Dairymans Plains:
- Pine Valley (2.6 km)
- Cooma (5.1 km)
- Binjura (5.9 km)
- Polo Flat (6.7 km)
- Coolringdon (8.1 km)
- Wambrook (9.7 km)
- Bunyan (10.6 km)
- Middle Flat (10.9 km)
Embed this suburb
Add this free Dairymans Plains 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 Dairymans Plains
One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Streets
- Aratula Drive (2)
- Calabria Way (5)
- Dry Plains Road (25)
- Golf Club Road (1)
- Old Dry Plains Road (2)
- Old Mill Road (13)
- Snowy Mountains Highway (29)
- Towrang Vale Road (27)
