Tara NSW 2665
48 addresses · 12 streets
Riverina Electorate › Temora LGA › Tara · 379 km from Sydney
Living Here
Tara is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 47 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers work from home. 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 Temora statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Tara itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 3.4% 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 | 3.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Tara
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Tara
| House | 12 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Tara
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Tara
| English | 20 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 18 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
| German | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
Housing tenure in Tara
| Owned | 11 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Tara
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Tara
| Car | 5 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 13 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
84 bird observations recorded near Tara — most often seen:
- Pacific Black Duck (7)
- Crested Pigeon (5)
- Grey Teal (5)
- Magpie-lark (5)
- Noisy Miner (5)
- Apostlebird (4)
- Australian Magpie (4)
- Australian Wood Duck (4)
- Black-winged Stilt (3)
- Masked Lapwing (3)
- Whiskered Tern (3)
- White-winged Chough (3)
- Australian Raven (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Tara
- Black Swan (2)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Bluebonnet (2)
- Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2)
- Little Raven (2)
- Pied Butcherbird (2)
- Red-rumped Parrot (2)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (2)
- Striated Pardalote (2)
- Superb Parrot (2)
- White-faced Heron (2)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (2)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (2)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (1)
- Brown Songlark (1)
- Cockatiel (1)
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 Tara:
- Bectric (10 km)
- Walleroobie (11.3 km)
- Methul (12.3 km)
- Rannock (16.8 km)
- Ariah Park (18.5 km)
- Quandary (21 km)
- Cowabbie (22.3 km)
- Mimosa (22.5 km)
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Streets
- Altus Road (5)
- Firmans Lane (2)
- Gummers Road (1)
- Haddrills Road (3)
- Mary Gilmore Way (17)
- Maxwells Lane (2)
- Methul Road (3)
- O'dwyers Lane (1)
- Ryans Road (3)
- Tara-bectric Road (4)
- Tyndalls Road (4)
- Yarranjerry Forest Road (3)
