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New South Wales · SA2 105011093

What's going on in Cobar

Population 4,129 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#16 of 623 in New South Wales

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (15.3%)

Rank 2

#36 of 623 in New South Wales

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (61.9%)

Rank 3

#187 of 623 in New South Wales

for % single-parent families (15.8%)

The three dimensions where Cobar picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,702 / week
#343 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
37 years
#406 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
32.6%
#230 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
3.5%
#471 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#532 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Cobar's sharpest rank is for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #93 · one rank above Bentley Park Queensland ↓ #95 · one rank below Coober Pedy South Australia

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.