Coolamon
4,742 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 2,431 km², 12 suburbs. Council website: coolamon.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
4,742
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +2.3% in a year
Density
2.0/km²
2,431 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$408k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,129
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.9 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
5 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
12
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 44
- Median household income
- $1,310/week
- Median rent
- $210/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,300/month
- Households renting
- 16.1%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
12 suburbs where Coolamon holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolamon | 2,275 | All | $645kDec 2025 | – / 8% | 4 |
| Ganmain | 793 | 93% | $320kDec 2025 | – / 45% | 2 |
| Ardlethan | 472 | 90% | $180kDec 2025 | – / 66% | 1 |
| Marrar | 363 | 97% | $200kDec 2024 | – / 9% | 5 |
| Matong | 159 | 93% | $172kDec 2025 | – / 31% | 7 |
| Beckom | 123 | 84% | – / 44% | 5 | |
| Berry Jerry | 82 | All | – / 0% | 9 | |
| Rannock | 78 | All | – / 2% | 9 | |
| Murrulebale | 61 | All | – / 0% | 9 | |
| Methul | 60 | All | – / 0% | 9 | |
| Walleroobie | 53 | All | – / 20% | 4 | |
| Cowabbie | 16 | All | – / <1% | 7 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 5 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $172k
- Median of suburb medians
- $200k
- Highest suburb median
- $645k
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 1 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 229
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 71
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 464
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,246
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Riverina · Michael McCORMACK (NP)98%
- Parkes · Jamie CHAFFEY (NP)2%
State districts
- Cootamundra · Steph Cooke (NAT)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.