Median house price
$467k
+0.4% change
NSW · Parkes Council
Cooks Myalls, 2870
Population
49
Growth (1 yr)
0.0%
Growth (5 yr)
-7.1%
Median age
43
Median income
$1,374/wk
Employment rate
81.1%
Median house price · October to December 2025
$467,000
Languages at home
Mostly English at home
2021 Census · usual residence
- Excellent transport
Suburb profile
In Parkes Council, Cooks Myalls keeps a rural calm, a smaller community with room to breathe and a strong local rhythm. Trips to Sydney are an outing, not a routine: neighbouring regional centres do more of the heavy lifting. Established families and long-term residents give the suburb a settled feel, with plenty of young families in the mix.
Weekends tend to revolve around local favourites: a café, a market run, a walk through town. With limited local amenities, residents regularly travel to a neighbouring town for shops, appointments and a wider choice. Open space is thinner than in many comparable suburbs, so residents often travel a little further for a longer park day.
Strong connections via buses keep the wider area accessible. Housing is more affordable than in many parts of the state.
At a glance
Cooks Myalls snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$400/wk
Houses $450 · Units $320
Population (Census)
49
0.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
44.0%
Census unoccupied dwellings
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Safety
93rd
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
16th
percentile in NSW
Advantage (IRSAD)
7/10
national SEIFA decile
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Housing
- Flats / units (January to March 2026)
- $320
- Houses (January to March 2026)
- $450
- All types (January to March 2026)
- $400
- Rental bonds lodged (January to March 2026)
- 90
- Median house price (October to December 2025)
- $467,000
- Median price change
- +0.4%
Median weekly rent from NSW DCJ rent tables. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- DCJ rent and sales tables — NSW Department of Communities and Justice · January to March 2026; October to December 2025 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Population growth
0.0% annual · -7.1% over 5 years · 16th percentile in NSW
Growth rates are from ABS Estimated Resident Population at SA2 level. Headcount uses 2021 Census when allocated ERP is too low relative to Census to display reliably.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 49
- Median age
- 43
- Median household income / week
- $1,374
- Dwelling vacancy
- 44%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 11 of 25
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,500
- Employment rate
- 81.1%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 18 / 0 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are unchanged compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
- 2
- Against the person
- 0
- Against property
- 1
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 153.8
- State safety percentile
- 92.6th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +0.3%
Most common offence types
- Breach Bail Conditions118
- Domestic Violence Related Assault120
- Intimidation, Stalking And Harassment213
- Malicious Damage To Property126
- Non-Domestic Violence Related Assault107
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- BOCSAR postcode crime statistics — NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research · Jan 2024 to Dec 2024 → Jan 2025 to Dec 2025; Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Updated · Rolling 12-month windows
Family & Lifestyle
Public transport
25 public transport stops in this suburb
- Back Trundle Rd At Freebairn Rd
- Back Trundle Rd At Wongalea Rd
- Back Trundle Rd At Wongalea Rd
- Middle Trundle Rd At Treweekes Gap Lane
- Middle Trundle Rd At Treweekes Gap Lane
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- Timetables Complete GTFS stops (© Transport for NSW, CC BY 4.0) — Transport for NSW — Open Data Hub · current · Updated · Nightly GTFS feed
Amenities
No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Parkes District Hospital (23.3 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 32° / 17°
- Rainfall
- 161 mm · ~20 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 24° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 136 mm · ~17 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 15° / 4°
- Rainfall
- 125 mm · ~16 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 23° / 10°
- Rainfall
- 150 mm · ~19 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Parkes
- Member of Parliament
- Jamie CHAFFEY (The Nationals)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 130,841
- Turnout (2025)
- 89.2%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +5.2 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 63.0%Labor 37.0%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 27.6 km away).
Coalition 67.0%Labor 33.0%
4.1 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -0.7 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- Bogan GateLabor 24.5% · Coalition 75.5% TPP (2025)20.5 km away
- Parkes WestLabor 38.5% · Coalition 61.5% TPP (2025)22.0 km away
- Parkes NorthLabor 37.9% · Coalition 62.1% TPP (2025)22.5 km away
- ParkesLabor 39.5% · Coalition 60.5% TPP (2025)23.0 km away
- Parkes SouthLabor 34.9% · Coalition 65.1% TPP (2025)23.3 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 7/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 8/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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