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Suburb profile ·Warrumbungle Shire LGA · NSW ·2844

Cobbora NSW 2844

Cobbora is in Warrumbungle Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2844, with population 25.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$190/wk
Market rent signal
D3 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
25
25 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
405
15 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,284
Median rent · wk$190

Affordability

13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,284/mo, while renters pay about $823/mo — owning runs $461/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$78K
Median rent · wk
$190
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,284

Household income

$78K household · yr-5.3% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$95K
Household
$78K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
497
5,386 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,386
Total incidents497· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault14958%
  • Sexual Offences2911%
  • Robbery10%
  • Break And Enter7630%

Full data detail

Cobbora NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Cobbora is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Warrumbungle Shire local government area (postcode 2844). It is home to about 25 residents, with an older demographic and a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $78K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $190 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,284.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Warrumbungle Shire LGA is moderate at 5,386 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,284
Rent · wk(Census)$190
Property investors · Postcode 2844ATO
Negatively geared39 (5.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,666/yr
Landlords (rental income)95
Reported capital gains64
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population25
Median age57
Household size3
HH income · wk$1,499
Personal income · wk$474
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Cobbora rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Cobbora is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Cobbora feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Gowang most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$10/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Uarbry better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$18/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Yarragrin most similar
similar rent profile

pop same · rent -$28/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Cobbora FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cobbora in?

    Cobbora is in the Warrumbungle Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2844. Council-level context for Warrumbungle Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Cobbora?

    The median weekly rent in Cobbora is $190/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Cobbora?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  4. How often is the Cobbora data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.