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Cooma

New South Wales · Snowy Mountains · Capital Region

This profile uses the ABS Cooma statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.

Cooma is a locality in the Snowy Mountains area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Cooma SA2.

Where in NSW
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At a glance
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Schools
6
Top ICSEA 977 (gov)
Childcare
5
NQS-rated services
Recorded incidents
412
-10% vs prior year
Median house
$617,000
+0.8% YoY
3BR house rent
$510
per week
Population
6,598
-1.8% in 1 year
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Family essentials

Schools, childcare & safety

Live data for the Cooma SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Cooma Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cooma.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 238
ICSEA 971
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Cooma (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Patrick's Parish School
Catholic 457 students
ICSEA 1037 intake context
The Alpine School
Independent 97 students
ICSEA 1032 intake context
Snowy Mountains Christian School
Independent 50 students
ICSEA 1005 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).

Schools in Cooma

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ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Childcare & early learning

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  • Cooma Lambie Street Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 60 places · Cooma
    Exceeding NQS
  • Cooma North Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 45 places · Cooma
    Exceeding NQS
  • Cooma School for Early Learning
    Centre-Based Care · 81 places · Cooma
    Meeting NQS
  • Building Blocks Childcare
    Centre-Based Care · 32 places · Cooma
    Meeting NQS
  • Cooma Public School TheirCare
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Cooma
    Meeting NQS

NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.

Source: ACECQA NQS register

Safety — recorded incidents

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Incidents, latest year
412
vs previous year
-10%
vs 2021
490
  • Theft 109
  • Against justice procedures 51
  • Assault 49
  • Intimidation, stalking and harassment 46
  • Malicious damage to property 42

Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →

Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR)
The neighbourhood

Amenities

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GPs / clinics
2
Supermarkets
3
Parks
17
Train stations
1

Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Cooma SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Climate & hazards

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Bushfire overlay
Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land

This shows whether the Cooma SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.

Source: NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land, © State Government of NSW and NSW Rural Fire Service — CC BY 4.0
Money

Property & rent

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Median house price
$617,000
House price YoY
+0.8%
Median 3BR house rent
$510/wk
Source: NSW DCJ Sales Dec 2025 · Rent Mar 2026
Population & growth
Population
6,598
Jun 2025
1yr growth
-1.80%
2024→25
Net change
-119
people / yr
Density
64
people / km²

Where did the loss come from?

-119
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
-22
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-150
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+53

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Cooma
-1.80%
NSW median
+0.60%
National median
+0.80%