Cookamidgera (postcode 2870) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Forbes local government area. The area has roughly 151 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The median house price in Cookamidgera is $180,000, having dropped significantly by 53.2% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $425. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 12.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,491.
Public transport access includes 11 bus stops. The crime rate in the Forbes LGA is moderate at 6,896 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Gross rental yield sits at around 12.3% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($180K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 2.7x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -53.2% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.