Nimmitabel NSW 2631
413 addresses · 33 streets
Eden-Monaro Electorate › Snowy Monaro Regional LGA › Nimmitabel · 342 km from Sydney
Living Here
Nimmitabel is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 324 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $1,073 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Nimmitabel itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 cafés & restaurants
1 service station
1 bakery
1 mechanic
3 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Cooma - Snowy Mountains Aerodrome, 36.7 km north-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: 23% 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 | 23.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 27.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 52.2%
Population by age in Nimmitabel
| 0-4 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 34 |
| 15-19 | 16 |
| 20-24 | 18 |
| 25-34 | 36 |
| 35-44 | 23 |
| 45-54 | 32 |
| 55-64 | 52 |
| 65-74 | 68 |
| 75-84 | 27 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Nimmitabel
| House | 132 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Nimmitabel
| <$650 | 42 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 50 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 33 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Nimmitabel
| English | 166 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 119 |
| Irish | 76 |
| Scottish | 59 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Other | 18 |
Housing tenure in Nimmitabel
| Owned | 74 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 35 |
| Rented | 21 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Nimmitabel
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 50 |
| 2 | 42 |
| 3 | 33 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Nimmitabel
| Car | 89 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Nimmitabel
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Scotland | 3 |
Languages used at home in Nimmitabel
| Punjabi | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,618 bird observations recorded near Nimmitabel — most often seen:
- Eurasian Coot (348)
- Pacific Black Duck (273)
- Australian Wood Duck (252)
- Grey Teal (217)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (193)
- House Sparrow (186)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (177)
- Australian Magpie (163)
- Welcome Swallow (161)
- Hardhead (160)
- Dusky Moorhen (154)
- Australasian Grebe (121)
- Little Raven (121)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Nimmitabel
- Galah (101)
- Pied Currawong (92)
- Common Starling (91)
- Australian Reed Warbler (88)
- Australian Raven (82)
- European Goldfinch (82)
- Black Swan (78)
- Magpie-lark (67)
- Masked Lapwing (55)
- Willie Wagtail (55)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (50)
- Eurasian Blackbird (48)
- Red Wattlebird (48)
- Crimson Rosella (41)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (41)
- Freckled Duck (38)
- Nankeen Kestrel (35)
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 Nimmitabel:
- Winifred (7.6 km)
- Steeple Flat (10.3 km)
- Greenlands (11.2 km)
- Holts Flat (11.6 km)
- Myalla (15 km)
- Springfield (15.3 km)
- Boco (17.2 km)
- Rock Flat (17.5 km)
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Streets
- Bentley Street (17)
- Bombala Street (38)
- Boyd Street (25)
- Clarke Street (31)
- Electra Street (1)
- Evans Road (5)
- Glen Allen Road (11)
- Hutchinson Street (2)
- Jenkins Road (1)
- Kirke Street (32)
- Kybeyan Road (1)
- Lucan Street (16)
- Miller Street (12)
- Monaro Highway (13)
- Monro Street (9)
- New Line Road (18)
- North Boyd Street (10)
- North York Street (6)
- Old Bega Road (4)
- Old Bombala Road (7)
- Otway Street (8)
- Petticoat Lane (8)
- Ryedale Road (9)
- Springfield Road (8)
- Stanton Street (17)
- Tindall Street (17)
- Tom Groggin Road (14)
- Wallaces Road (1)
- Warregal Corner Road (4)
- Winifred Hill Road (10)
- Wolfe Street (32)
- Yandra Road (2)
- York Street (24)
