Goolma NSW 2852
154 addresses · 15 streets
Calare Electorate › Mid-Western Regional LGA › Goolma · 248 km from Sydney
Living Here
Goolma is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 95 people, with a median age of 54. The typical household earns around $1,291 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mudgee Region - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Goolma itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 Catholic church
1 service station
Getting around. Airport: Mudgee Airport, 41.1 km south-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: 17% 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 | 17.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 21.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 58.5%
Population by age in Goolma
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 17 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Goolma
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Goolma
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 12 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Goolma
| Australian | 44 |
|---|---|
| English | 30 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Aboriginal | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 11 |
Housing tenure in Goolma
| Owned | 22 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 13 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Goolma
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 12 |
Commute to work in Goolma
| Car | 21 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Goolma
| England | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
352 bird observations recorded near Goolma — most often seen:
- Willie Wagtail (23)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (18)
- Australian Magpie (17)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (15)
- Superb Fairy-wren (15)
- Australian Raven (14)
- Eastern Rosella (14)
- Galah (14)
- Laughing Kookaburra (14)
- Noisy Friarbird (14)
- Noisy Miner (14)
- Red-rumped Parrot (14)
- Magpie-lark (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Goolma
- Striated Pardalote (12)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (12)
- Welcome Swallow (12)
- Australian King-parrot (11)
- Nankeen Kestrel (10)
- Common Starling (9)
- Pied Currawong (9)
- Rufous Whistler (9)
- White-throated Gerygone (9)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (9)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (8)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Crested Pigeon (7)
- Little Raven (7)
- White-throated Treecreeper (7)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (6)
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 Goolma:
- Mebul (8.8 km)
- Spicers Creek (12 km)
- Two Mile Flat (12.8 km)
- Twelve Mile (14 km)
- Beryl (17.9 km)
- Guntawang (18.1 km)
- Tallawang (20.7 km)
- Gollan (23.3 km)
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Streets
- Bald Hill Road (6)
- Browie Road (4)
- Dapper Road (3)
- Gollan Road (28)
- Goolma Road (52)
- Gorries Lane (28)
- Karuma Road (3)
- Lambing Hill Road (10)
- Mebul Road (1)
- Oakey Creek Road (2)
- Pinelea Road (5)
- Sweeneys Lane (1)
- Tallawonga Road (1)
- Uamby Road (9)
- Woodburn Road (1)
