Cooma VIC 3616
58 addresses · 7 streets
Nicholls Electorate › Greater Shepparton LGA › Cooma · 156 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Cooma is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 94 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,375 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Shepparton Region - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cooma itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 hospitals
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: Shepparton Airport, 28.8 km east.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Cooma.
- Cooma Recreation Reserve Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)
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: 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 | 4.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 4.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2% · Labour-force participation 62%
Population by age in Cooma
| 0-4 | 8 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 9 |
| 15-19 | 9 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 13 |
| 55-64 | 25 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Cooma
| House | 31 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cooma
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 15 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Cooma
| Australian | 45 |
|---|---|
| English | 43 |
| Irish | 10 |
| Aboriginal | 7 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
| Italian | 5 |
Housing tenure in Cooma
| Owned | 23 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 7 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cooma
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Cooma
| Car | 29 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Cooma
| Bangladesh | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
616 bird observations recorded near Cooma — most often seen:
- Straw-necked Ibis (37)
- Common Starling (34)
- Australian Magpie (33)
- Magpie-lark (32)
- White-faced Heron (32)
- Australian White Ibis (30)
- Willie Wagtail (30)
- House Sparrow (27)
- Red-rumped Parrot (25)
- Laughing Kookaburra (24)
- Masked Lapwing (24)
- Pacific Black Duck (22)
- Welcome Swallow (22)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cooma
- Australian Wood Duck (20)
- Galah (18)
- Noisy Miner (18)
- White-necked Heron (18)
- Brown Falcon (17)
- Eastern Rosella (17)
- Grey Teal (17)
- Little Raven (15)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (15)
- Crested Pigeon (14)
- Australian Shelduck (13)
- Australian Raven (12)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (11)
- Black Swan (10)
- European Goldfinch (10)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill (10)
- Great Cormorant (9)
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 Cooma:
- Kyabram South (3.2 km)
- Girgarre East (4 km)
- Harston (7.4 km)
- Merrigum (7.5 km)
- Waranga (8.5 km)
- Stanhope (8.6 km)
- Stanhope South (8.8 km)
- Byrneside (8.9 km)
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Streets
- Brewer Road (10)
- Craddock Road (12)
- Cruse Road (10)
- Kilmartin Road (3)
- Kyabram-cooma Road (19)
- Mccague Road (3)
- Mcewen Road (1)
