Businesses in Cobar

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Cobar

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Car repair	17
Shopping	17
Restaurants	15
Other accommodation	13
Health and medical	13
Construction of buildings	12
Public administration	10
Wholesale of machinery	8
Beauty salons	8
Automotive	7
Cafes	7
Hardware store	7
Technical construction services	7
General contractors	7
Clothing stores	7
Travel agencies	6
Lawyers legal	6
Gas station	6
Hospitals	6
Electrical installation	6
Wholesale of construction supplies	6
Religion	6

Cobar Facts

Area	8.4 km²
Population	3,535
Male Population	1,820 (51.5%)
Female Population	1,715 (48.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+42.7%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+3.8%
Median Age	35.5 years (Male: 35.7, Female: 35.3)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$46,319 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Australian Eastern Standard Time
Lat & Lng	-31.49873, 145.84183

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Cobar Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	2,477	3,047	3,404	4,269	3,535	3,257	2,998
Population Density	295.8 / km²	363.8 / km²	406.4 / km²	509.7 / km²	422.1 / km²	388.9 / km²	358 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Cobar Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 3.8% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Cobar	+42.7%	+16%	+3.8%
New South Wales	—	—	—
Australia	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Cobar Median Age

Median Age: 35.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Cobar	35.5 yrs	35.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
New South Wales	38.3 yrs	39.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Australia	37.7 yrs	38.6 yrs	36.8 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Cobar Population Density

Population Density: 422 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Cobar	3,535	8.4 km²	422 / km²
New South Wales	7.7 million	801,634.1 km²	9.6 / km²
Australia	23.8 million	7,690,961.5 km²	3.1 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Cobar Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1840 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Cobar

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Cobar Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$25,026	$28,175	$38,173	$38,877	$36,687	$43,001	$43,565	$46,319
Total GDP	$106.5M	$112.6M	$159.9M	$161.4M	$152.9M	$171.3M	$163.2M	$168.3M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Cobar CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Cobar	70,839 tn	20.04 tn	8,458.4 tons/km²
New South Wales	133,365,481 tn	17.39 tn	166.4 tons/km²
Australia	401,155,564 tn	16.88 tn	52.2 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Cobar CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	70,839 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	20.04 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	8,458.4 tons/km²

Cobar

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