Gundungurra Region

Node ID: MPHA2580

Postcode: 2580

Companies: 1  Households: 101

Suburb Coverage: BANNABY (NSW) MUMMEL (NSW) BANNISTER (NSW) MYRTLEVILLE (NSW) BAW BAW (NSW) PALING YARDS (NSW) BOXERS CREEK (NSW) PARKESBOURNE (NSW) BRISBANE GROVE (NSW) POMEROY (NSW) BUNGONIA (NSW) QUIALIGO (NSW) CARRICK (NSW) RICHLANDS (NSW) CHATSBURY (NSW) ROSLYN (NSW) CURRAWANG (NSW) RUN O WATERS (NSW) CURRAWEELA (NSW) STONEQUARRY (NSW) GOLSPIE (NSW) TARAGO (NSW) GOULBURN (NSW) TARALGA (NSW) GOULBURN DC (NSW) TARLO (NSW) GOULBURN NORTH (NSW) TIRRANNAVILLE (NSW) GREENWICH PARK (NSW) TOWRANG (NSW) GUNDARY (NSW) WAYO (NSW) JERRONG (NSW) WIARBOROUGH (NSW) KINGSDALE (NSW) WINDELLAMA (NSW) LAKE BATHURST (NSW) WOMBEYAN CAVES (NSW) LOWER BORO (NSW) WOODHOUSELEE (NSW) MAYFIELD (NSW) YALBRAITH (NSW) MIDDLE ARM (NSW) YARRA (NSW) MOUNT FAIRY (NSW)

Australian postcode 2580 covers a large area of the Southern Tablelands of NSW, centred on Goulburn but extending across numerous rural and village communities including Tarago, Bungonia, Windellama, Taralga and Lake Bathurst. The 2021 Census recorded 31,629 people across the postal area, with a median age of 42, although the experience varies considerably between Goulburn’s established regional-city environment and the much more dispersed rural properties and small settlements. Goulburn provides the main concentration of shopping, healthcare, education, government and employment services and has good road and rail connections to both Sydney and Canberra, while the surrounding countryside offers larger properties, agriculture, open landscapes and a quieter lifestyle. The area has a cooler inland climate, including cold winters and occasional frost, and a car is generally essential outside Goulburn; the 2021 median weekly rent across the postcode was $320 and average motor-vehicle ownership was two vehicles per dwelling. Overall, 2580 is a good example of a regional service hub surrounded by a substantial distributed rural population, making it particularly relevant to the type of regional connectivity and distributed-community model being examined for SENA.