Cowra
12,721 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 2,809 km², 8 suburbs. Council website: cowracouncil.com.au/Cowra-Council-Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
12,721
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.0% in a year
Density
4.5/km²
2,809 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$400k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$526
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.6 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
8
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
- 47
- Median household income
- $1,112/week
- Median rent
- $230/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,200/month
- Households renting
- 25.1%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 3 of 10
Suburbs
8 suburbs where Cowra holds most residents, plus 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowra | 10,145 | All | $450kDec 2025 | – / 10% | 2 |
| Canowindra | 2,437 | 19% | $470kDec 2025 | – / 63% | 3 |
| Woodstock (Cowra - NSW) | 792 | All | $325kDec 2025 | – / <1% | 1 |
| Koorawatha | 450 | 27% | $292kDec 2025 | – / 18% | 1 |
| Gooloogong | 408 | 90% | $340kDec 2025 | – / 57% | 3 |
| Mandurama | 345 | 7% | $260kDec 2025 | – / 6% | 4 |
| Darbys Falls | 243 | All | $295kDec 2024 | – / <1% | 4 |
| Neville | 229 | 7% | $397kDec 2025 | – / 57% | 5 |
| Wyangala | 216 | 79% | $270kDec 2025 | – / 41% | 3 |
| Wattamondara | 214 | All | $670kDec 2025 | – / 1% | 3 |
| Billimari | 117 | All | $200kDec 2025 | – / 0% | 6 |
| Bumbaldry | 107 | 10% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Roseberg | 39 | All | – / 88% | 2 |
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
- $200k
- Median of suburb medians
- $325k
- Highest suburb median
- $670k
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 2 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,531
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 370
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,214
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,259
- 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)96%
- Calare · Andrew GEE (IND)4%
State districts
- Cootamundra · Steph Cooke (NAT)96%
- Orange · Philip Donato (IND)4%
- Bathurst · Paul Toole (NAT)1%
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.