Dry Plain NSW 2630
42 addresses · 4 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Dry Plain · 323 km from Sydney
Living Here
Dry Plain is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 42 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $300 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 Australian, English, Irish. 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: Dry Plain itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 31% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 71.1%
Population by age in Dry Plain
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 9 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Dry Plain
| House | 16 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Dry Plain
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Dry Plain
| Australian | 20 |
|---|---|
| English | 20 |
| Irish | 14 |
| Ancestry NS | 3 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
Housing tenure in Dry Plain
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 5 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Dry Plain
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Dry Plain
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,168 bird observations recorded near Dry Plain — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (58)
- Australian Pipit (52)
- Crimson Rosella (52)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (51)
- Australian Raven (49)
- Australian Wood Duck (45)
- Grey Teal (45)
- Laughing Kookaburra (42)
- Pied Currawong (42)
- White-throated Treecreeper (41)
- Common Starling (40)
- Pacific Black Duck (40)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (39)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Dry Plain
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (38)
- Striated Pardalote (38)
- Masked Lapwing (37)
- Brown Falcon (36)
- Grey Currawong (36)
- European Goldfinch (35)
- Little Raven (35)
- Australasian Grebe (33)
- Pacific Robin (33)
- Black Swan (32)
- Gang-gang Cockatoo (32)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (32)
- Welcome Swallow (32)
- Eurasian Skylark (31)
- Striated Thornbill (31)
- Superb Fairy-wren (31)
- Australian Shelduck (30)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Dry Plain:
- Frying Pan (10.1 km)
- Rhine Falls (10.5 km)
- Wambrook (10.5 km)
- Murrumbucca (12.5 km)
- Shannons Flat (14.5 km)
- Middlingbank (16.3 km)
- Adaminaby (17.2 km)
- Bolaro (17.5 km)
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Streets
- Caddigat Road (16)
- Dry Plains Road (14)
- Lugarno Road (4)
- Snowy Mountains Highway (8)