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Kogarah NSW 2217

12,415 addresses · 86 streets

Barton Electorate › Bayside LGA › Kogarah · 13 km from Sydney

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Living Here

A southern-Sydney centre with a hospital and university campus that has added apartments, Kogarah is well-connected. Households average 2.5 people and the median age is 35. Median household income is $1,903 a week, with rent around $450.

Kogarah is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 16,416 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,903 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 49% of households own their home and 49% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Chinese, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

16,416Population
35Median age
$1,903Median household income / wk
$450Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Kogarah, 450 m north-west · Metro station: Marrickville, 6 km north · Bus interchange: UTS Shuttle Bus, 6.6 km north-east · Airport: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, 4.7 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs9/10

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: 8.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Kogarah

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

Tree cover measures, Kogarah NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.5%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 201912.4%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202112.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.6% · Labour-force participation 62.8%

Population by age in Kogarah
Population by age, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4989
5-141,504
15-19585
20-241,276
25-343,809
35-442,800
45-541,745
55-641,471
65-741,030
75-84705
85+496
Dwelling types in Kogarah
Dwelling types, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House1,286
Townhouse426
Apartment4,377
Other51
Households by weekly income in Kogarah
Households by weekly income, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650824
$650-1,4991,453
$1,500-2,9992,186
$3,000+1,371
Top ancestries in Kogarah
Top ancestries, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Other5,380
Chinese2,700
English1,746
Australian1,547
Ancestry NS1,262
Greek1,099
Housing tenure in Kogarah
Housing tenure, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,327
Mortgage1,651
Rented2,975
Other116
Cars per household in Kogarah
Cars per household, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
01,201
13,234
21,241
3250
4+111
Commute to work in Kogarah
Commute to work, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,461
Train844
Bus75
Tram/ferry0
Walked560
Bicycle15
Home2,500
Top countries of birth in Kogarah
Top countries of birth, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Nepal1,848
China1,348
India990
Philippines645
Bangladesh472
Greece354
Languages used at home in Kogarah
Languages used at home, Kogarah NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Nepali1,903
Mandarin1,284
Cantonese866
Greek783
Bengali615
Arabic387

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

185,476 bird observations recorded near Kogarah — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Kogarah

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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