Cootamundra-Gundagai
11,429 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,981 km², 16 suburbs. Council website: cgrc.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
11,429
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.2% in a year
Density
2.9/km²
3,981 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$430k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$640
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.2 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
3 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
16
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
- 49
- Median household income
- $1,132/week
- Median rent
- $220/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,170/month
- Households renting
- 21.8%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 4 of 10
Suburbs
16 suburbs where Cootamundra-Gundagai holds most residents, plus 1 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cootamundra | 6,885 | All | $445kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 2 |
| Gundagai | 1,699 | All | $538kDec 2025 | – / 93% | 2 |
| South Gundagai | 781 | All | $373kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Stockinbingal | 347 | 96% | $320kDec 2024 | – / 87% | 2 |
| Wallendbeen | 299 | All | $375kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 6 |
| Coolac | 244 | All | $362kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Nangus | 240 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Tumblong | 225 | All | $678kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Muttama | 140 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Reno | 131 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Adjungbilly | 101 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Milvale | 89 | 41% | – / 44% | 8 | |
| Burra Creek | 71 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Gobarralong | 63 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Darbalara | 62 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Mundarlo | 51 | All | – / 99% | 5 | |
| Mount Adrah | 49 | 91% | – / 100% | 5 |
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 7 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $320k
- Median of suburb medians
- $375k
- Highest suburb median
- $678k
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
- 238
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 47
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,603
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,453
- 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)100%
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.