Koorawatha NSW 2807

Koorawatha is a rural locality in New South Wales, 392 km from Sydney CBD, around 4 hours 25 minutes by car. Population is 450; the median age is 52 and the median household income is $41,912 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 5.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $220 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $940. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 450. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Koorawatha's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $340,000, about 1% below where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$340,000

last 4 quarters
Cheaper than 93% of NSW
↓ −1.5% year-on-year

Based on 21 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

By bedrooms

  • 2 bed 5 sales $299K
  • 3 bed 11 sales $399K

Land

$95,000

Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Koorawatha are currently listed at around $420,000 on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.

$420K

3 houses listed in the last 6 months.

3 of the suburb's 193 dwellings (1.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Is Koorawatha safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Koorawatha sits in the low band, with 11 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 66% on the prior year.

11 offences

65.6% since 2024
Harassment & Stalking 3 (27.3%)
Drug Offences 2 (18.2%)
Sexual Offences 2 (18.2%)
Assault 1 (9.1%)
Property Damage 1 (9.1%)
Weapons Offences 1 (9.1%)
Theft 1 (9.1%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

2 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Cowra Shire Council has published 4 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

Schools

One school serves Koorawatha, but none have published comparable ratings yet.

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No rated schools
1 school in this locality
1 unrated

Primary

Koorawatha Public School
Government

Walkability

Koorawatha is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 21% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Koorawatha.

29
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
255
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 96%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 4%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
4 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
27 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
1 in locality
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
1 in locality
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Cowra: council population

The whole council area, not just Koorawatha · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
12,721
Change
+3
people since 2024
Density
4.5
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-23
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+6
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+20
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
1/10
1/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
2/10
2/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
1/10
1/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded
How evenly that is spread

The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this locality and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this locality rank well above the average and parts well below it.

Koorawatha is home to 450 residents, with a median age of 52 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $42,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.1%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

450

5.4% since 2016

Median Age

52

1.9% since 2016

Median Household Income

$41,912/yr

3.2% since 2016
Bottom 5% in NSW

Census Median Rent

$220/wk

83.3% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$940/mo

24.0% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.1

4.5% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$25,220/yr

6.1% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

8.1%

24.6% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

27.5%

20.6% since 2016

Total Dwellings

193

12.9% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

86.4%

0.8% since 2016

Houses

91.2%

188.6% since 2016

Rental Stress

27.3%

77.3% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

26.9%

20.1% since 2016

Work From Home

21.9%

3.3% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 176 (91.2%)
Townhouses 17 (8.8%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 98 (55.7%)
Mortgage 54 (30.7%)
Renting 24 (13.6%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
79.8%
English Spoken at Home
88.4%
Employment Rate
41.6%
8.6% since 2016
Completed Year 12
22.7%

Occupations

Managers 50 (31.1%)
Labourers 28 (17.4%)
Technicians & Trades 15 (9.3%)
Professionals 12 (7.5%)
Clerical & Administrative 11 (6.8%)
Community & Personal Service 10 (6.2%)
Sales 10 (6.2%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 9 (5.6%)

Religion

Christianity 276 (61.3%)
No Religion 110 (24.4%)
Other Religions 6 (1.3%)
Buddhism 4 (0.9%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 9 (2.0%)
New Zealand 7 (1.6%)
Philippines 3 (0.7%)

Age Distribution

0-4 12 (2.7%)
5-14 49 (10.9%)
15-19 19 (4.2%)
20-24 19 (4.2%)
25-34 36 (8.0%)
35-44 42 (9.3%)
45-54 62 (13.8%)
55-64 85 (18.9%)
65-74 80 (17.8%)
75-84 36 (8.0%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 66 (49.6%)
Couple Families 29 (21.8%)
One Parent Families 26 (19.5%)
Group Household 7 (5.3%)
Other Families 5 (3.8%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 97 (70.8%)
Worked from Home 30 (21.9%)
Walked Only 7 (5.1%)
Car (passenger) 3 (2.2%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 65 (14.4%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 33 (7.3%)
Bachelor Degree 17 (3.8%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 4 (2.2%)
1 car 57 (31.7%)
2 cars 72 (40.0%)
3 cars 30 (16.7%)
4+ cars 25 (13.9%)

Council Rates

Cowra
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $583 a year through Cowra based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$583/yr
53% below the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Koorawatha's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 93%
  • Environmental 7%
  • Zones under 1% 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Cowra

The whole council area, not just Koorawatha · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 33 new dwellings were approved across Cowra. That mix is 31 houses and 2 units.

Trailing 12 months
33dwellings
Houses
31
detached dwellings
Units
2
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Cowra Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Climate & Setting

from Young Airport, 39.9 km

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, frosty winters.

Elevation
346 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall
651 mm
70 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
31.0°C
20 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
1.4°C
61 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.0%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021

In postcode 2807, 0 of 451 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (8 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.8%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.00%
2024
0.00%
2025
0.00%

Rooftop solar

53
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 5.8 kW each

In postcode 2807, 130 rooftop-solar systems totalling 0.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 246 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 6 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
10
2020
10
2021
17
2022
10
2023
9
2024
7
2025
9
2026
3

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$1,773
Loan amount
$272,000
Total interest over 30 years
$366,365
Deposit
$68,000
Stamp duty
$9,957
Cash needed at settlement
$77,957

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Riverina

Currently held by Michael Mccormack The Nationals

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Michael Mccormack 37.4% 62.6% -2.9
2022 Michael Mccormack 35.1% 64.8% -4.6
2019 Michael Mccormack 30.5% 69.5% +3.0

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Cootamundra District

Currently held by Steph Cooke The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Steph Cooke NP 82.1%
2019 Steph Cooke NP 77.1%
2015 Katrina Hodgkinson NP 70.4%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Koorawatha

Is Koorawatha a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Koorawatha is low (32/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Koorawatha?

Koorawatha has a low recorded bushfire history (16/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Koorawatha?

Koorawatha, NSW had a population of 450 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Koorawatha, NSW?

The postcode for Koorawatha, NSW is 2807.

How far is Koorawatha from Sydney?

Koorawatha is 392 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 265 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Koorawatha?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Koorawatha was $41,912 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Koorawatha?

There are too few current rental listings in Koorawatha for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $220, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Koorawatha?

The median age of residents in Koorawatha was 52 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Koorawatha at risk of bushfire?

Koorawatha has a low recorded bushfire history (16/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

How are the schools in Koorawatha?

There is 1 school inside the Koorawatha boundary, none of which has enough NAPLAN and ICSEA data for a quality band.

What is the weather like in Koorawatha?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Koorawatha, Young Airport (39.9 km away), summer days average 31°C, winter nights 1.4°C, 651 mm of rain a year over 70 rainy days, and 20 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Koorawatha?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Koorawatha belong to?

Koorawatha sits within the Cowra local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Koorawatha?

The average residential rates bill through Cowra is $583 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Koorawatha?

Across Cowra, 33 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Koorawatha in?

Koorawatha sits within the federal Division of Riverina, currently held by Michael Mccormack (The Nationals).

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