NSW · Snowy Monaro Regional Council

Tolbar, 2629

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What Tolbar is known for: Rural living

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Suburb profile

Tolbar is a rural locality in New South Wales, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council.

Recorded road-crash rates are lower than in comparable places, with recorded road crashes 100% below the peer median, and green cover is another of the suburb's defining strengths. Employment is a relative weakness, with employment 100% below the peer median.

Employment is the most material weakness.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Rural locality · compared with rural localities in New South Wales (2685)

Strengths

  • Recorded road-crash rates are lower than in comparable places
  • Green cover is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • Employment is a relative weakness

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Housing, growth and risk

How Tolbar compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

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No data available

Median rent

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No data available

Population (ERP)

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No data available

Dwelling vacancy

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No data available

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

88th

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
0
Median age
0
Median household income / week
$0
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 0
Median monthly mortgage
$0
Employment rate
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
0 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted 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

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$45,001

12th percentile in NSW · -23% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$54,880

23rd percentile in NSW · -16% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
14.0%

51st percentile in NSW · +1% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$73,347

54th percentile in NSW · +16% vs Australia

Residents with business income
15.0%

93rd percentile in NSW · +44% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 2629 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
265
Taxpayers reporting net rent
36
Median net rent
$9,424
Taxpayers reporting business income
39
Taxable income vs state median
-20%
Salary / wages vs state median
-12%
Rental investment vs state median
0%
Super vs state median
+4%
Business income vs state median
+50%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in NSW, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 2629, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences are unchanged compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
1
Against the person
0
Against property
0
Rate per 1,000 residents
125
State crime-rate percentile
87.9th (higher = more crime)
No change (daily rate)
0%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
0
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
0

Most common offence types

  • Coercive Control0
  • Domestic Violence Related Assault0
  • Non-Domestic Violence Related Assault0
  • Sexual Assault0
  • Sexual Touching, Sexual Act And Other Sexual Offences0

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

School list
School catchments
  • Adaminaby PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Monaro HSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

  • NSW government school intake zones — NSW Department of Education · current · Updated · Open catchment polygons where published

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0.9%
Woodland / forest cover
0.9%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
1
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
25°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Cooma Hospital and Health Service (48.7 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

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
25° / 10°
Rainfall
168 mm · ~21 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
19° / 5°
Rainfall
142 mm · ~18 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
11° / -2°
Rainfall
105 mm · ~13 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
18° / 4°
Rainfall
161 mm · ~20 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping. Flood cover uses NSW flood planning polygons against the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Eden-Monaro
Member of Parliament
Kristy McBAIN (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
121,376
Turnout (2025)
93.8%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+1.1 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 42.8%Labor 57.2%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 65.2 km away).

Coalition 57.4%Labor 42.6%

14.6 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -3.5 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • AdaminabyLabor 31.5% · Coalition 68.5% TPP (2025)17.8 km away
  • JindabyneLabor 58.8% · Coalition 41.2% TPP (2025)35.8 km away
  • BerridaleLabor 53.8% · Coalition 46.2% TPP (2025)36.2 km away
  • Cooma NorthLabor 54.7% · Coalition 45.3% TPP (2025)48.2 km away
  • CoomaLabor 49.3% · Coalition 50.7% TPP (2025)48.3 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

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