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Tarago NSW 2580

390 addresses · 25 streets

Hume Electorate › Goulburn Mulwaree LGA › Tarago · 198 km from Sydney

Living Here

Tarago is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 510 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $2,027 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

510Population
40Median age
$2,027Median household income / wk
$400Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Tarago, 3 km north-east · Airport: Goulburn Airport, 32.7 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 7.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Tarago

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

Tree cover measures, Tarago NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20207.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202112.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 67.5%

Population by age in Tarago
Population by age, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-430
5-1478
15-1927
20-2425
25-3460
35-4470
45-5467
55-6471
65-7462
75-8428
85+0
Dwelling types in Tarago
Dwelling types, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House175
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Tarago
Households by weekly income, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65015
$650-1,49942
$1,500-2,99963
$3,000+35
Top ancestries in Tarago
Top ancestries, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English238
Australian212
Irish62
Scottish58
Ancestry NS44
German22
Housing tenure in Tarago
Housing tenure, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned63
Mortgage83
Rented20
Other3
Cars per household in Tarago
Cars per household, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
134
276
333
4+30
Commute to work in Tarago
Commute to work, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car160
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked3
Bicycle0
Home55
Top countries of birth in Tarago
Top countries of birth, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England20
Netherlands4
South Africa4
New Zealand3
Languages used at home in Tarago
Languages used at home, Tarago NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Japanese4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,647 bird observations recorded near Tarago — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Tarago

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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