Eugowra, NSW
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Eugowra is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, on Mandagery Creek about 341 kilometres west of Sydney, 81 kilometres west of Orange and 38 kilometres east of Forbes. The Wiradjuri people are the traditional owners, and the name is said to come from a word meaning 'the place where the sand washes down the hill'. Pastoralists took up Eugowra station in 1834, and a village grew in the 1860s on the road to the Lachlan goldfields. In 1862 the bushranger Frank Gardiner and his gang held up a gold escort at Escort Rock, in what is remembered as Australia's largest gold robbery. The town was laid out in 1881, and granite quarried nearby later supplied slabs for Parliament House in Canberra.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Eugowra is more socio-economically advantaged than about 18% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 923, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Eugowra at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 862
- Median age
- 50
- Median weekly household income
- $1,245
- SEIFA score
- 923
- Coordinates
- -33.4200, 148.3568
Eugowra demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Eugowra using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 28%, 16% of homes are rented, and 7% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 152 | 18% |
| Youth (15–24) | 73 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 166 | 19% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 220 | 26% |
| Seniors (65+) | 243 | 28% |
Share of the 854 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 151 | 48% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 87 | 27% |
| Rented | 52 | 16% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 312 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 312 occupied private dwellings in Eugowra.
- Median weekly rent
- $210
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,192
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,625
- Median weekly personal income
- $699
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 55 (7%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 18 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 77 (9%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 210 (30%)
- Labour-force participation
- 52.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.9%
- Employed full-time
- 245
- Employed part-time
- 99
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Eugowra
Where is Eugowra?
Eugowra is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
What is the population of Eugowra?
At the 2021 Census, Eugowra had a population of about 862.
Is Eugowra an advantaged area?
Eugowra has an ABS SEIFA score of 923, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 18 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 18% of Australian suburbs.
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