Coonamble

{{Historical populations

|type= Australia

|1921|2211

|1933|2717

|1947|2567

|1954|2910

|1961|3235

|1966|3410

|1971|3166

|1976|3054

|1981|3090

|1986|3058

|1991|2886

|1996|2754

|2001|2659

|2006|2549

|2011|2446

|2016|2409

|2021|2353

|source=Australian Bureau of Statistics data.{{cite web |title=Statistics by Catalogue Number |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?readform&view=ProductsbyCatalogue&Action=Expand&Num=2.2 |access-date=22 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Search Census data |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/search-by-area |access-date=22 January 2024}}

}}

• In the 2016 Census, there were 2,750 people in Coonamble.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 34.2% of the population.
• 80.0% of people were born in Australia and 83.0% of people only spoke English at home.
• The most common responses for religion were Anglican 34.3% and Catholic 28.9%.

Coonamble has three schools: Coonamble Public School,http://www.coonamble-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ St Brigids Catholic School, and Coonamble High School.http://www.coonamblehighschool.com.au/

It has a Catholichttp://www.bathurst.catholic.org.au/?i=1136&coonamble and an Anglicanhttp://www.bathurstanglican.org.au/Parishes/Coonamble.html church.

Coonamble hosts an annual rodeo that is attended by around 1,000 competitors and 4,000 spectators.{{cite web|url=http://www.coonamblerodeoandcampdraft.com.au/CoonambleRodeoandCampdraft/rodeo.html |title=Coonamble Rodeo and Campdraft - About the Rodeo |accessdate=September 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607202316/http://www.coonamblerodeoandcampdraft.com.au/CoonambleRodeoandCampdraft/rodeo.html |archivedate=June 7, 2009 }}

Coonamble has its own local radio station, 2MTM 91.9FM, which has a wide variety of music from country to modern.

Outback Radio 2WEB broadcasts to the area on 91.1FM.

The Coonamble Bears play in the Castlereagh Cup Rugby League competition. The Coonamble Rams play in the Western Plains Rugby Union competition.

Coonamble has a borderline semi-arid/humid subtropical climate (Köppen: BSh/Cfa) with hot summers, mild winters, and erratic rainfall year-round, with a summer maximum. The town is sunny, with 148.7 clear days annually{{cite web |url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_051010_All.shtml |title = Coonamble Comparison Climate Statistics (1907-2010) |publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |access-date = July 6, 2024}}

{{Weather box

|location = Coonamble (30º58'48"S, 148º22'48"E, 180 m AMSL) (1907-2010 normals and extremes, rainfall 1878-2010)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 47.8

|Feb record high C = 45.6

|Mar record high C = 44.4

|Apr record high C = 39.4

|May record high C = 32.8

|Jun record high C = 27.8

|Jul record high C = 26.7

|Aug record high C = 33.3

|Sep record high C = 37.3

|Oct record high C = 41.1

|Nov record high C = 46.1

|Dec record high C = 46.1

|Jan high C = 34.9

|Feb high C = 33.9

|Mar high C = 31.4

|Apr high C = 26.7

|May high C = 21.8

|Jun high C = 18.0

|Jul high C = 17.1

|Aug high C = 19.3

|Sep high C = 23.4

|Oct high C = 27.6

|Nov high C = 31.0

|Dec high C = 33.7

|Jan low C = 19.2

|Feb low C = 18.9

|Mar low C = 16.4

|Apr low C = 11.7

|May low C = 7.8

|Jun low C = 5.0

|Jul low C = 3.7

|Aug low C = 4.6

|Sep low C = 7.4

|Oct low C = 11.5

|Nov low C = 15.1

|Dec low C = 17.7

|Jan record low C = 9.2

|Feb record low C = 7.9

|Mar record low C = 5.4

|Apr record low C = 0.5

|May record low C = -2.3

|Jun record low C = -3.9

|Jul record low C = -4.4

|Aug record low C = -3.7

|Sep record low C = -0.4

|Oct record low C = 1.8

|Nov record low C = 4.2

|Dec record low C = 9.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 60.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 55.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 44.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 35.9

|May precipitation mm = 39.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 37.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 36.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 32.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 32.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 41.5

|Nov precipitation mm = 43.3

|Dec precipitation mm = 47.0

|year precipitation mm = 504.9

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 4.5

|Feb precipitation days = 4.4

|Mar precipitation days = 3.7

|Apr precipitation days = 3.1

|May precipitation days = 3.7

|Jun precipitation days = 4.5

|Jul precipitation days = 4.2

|Aug precipitation days = 4.2

|Sep precipitation days = 3.9

|Oct precipitation days = 4.4

|Nov precipitation days = 4.2

|Dec precipitation days = 4.3

|year precipitation days = 49.1

|Jan afthumidity = 35

|Feb afthumidity = 38

|Mar afthumidity = 37

|Apr afthumidity = 40

|May afthumidity = 49

|Jun afthumidity = 54

|Jul afthumidity = 55

|Aug afthumidity = 44

|Sep afthumidity = 41

|Oct afthumidity = 34

|Nov afthumidity = 34

|Dec afthumidity = 33

|Jan dew point C = 13.6

|Feb dew point C = 14.4

|Mar dew point C = 11.9

|Apr dew point C = 9.4

|May dew point C = 8.4

|Jun dew point C = 7.1

|Jul dew point C = 6.3

|Aug dew point C = 4.8

|Sep dew point C = 6.4

|Oct dew point C = 7.1

|Nov dew point C = 9.4

|Dec dew point C = 11.4

|source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology (1907-2010 extremes){{cite web

|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_051010_All.shtml

|title = Coonamble Comparison Climate Statistics (1907-2010)

|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology

|access-date = July 6, 2024}}

}}

Coonamble has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Dubbo–Coonamble railway: Coonamble railway station{{cite NSW SHR|5011975|Coonamble Railway Station and Yard Group|hr=01117|accessdate=18 May 2018}}

• Ron Boden, rugby league player
• Alex Cullen, journalist
• Ned Hanigan, rugby player
• Lancelot Hansen, rugby league player
• Eddie Murray, rugby league player, notable Aboriginal death in custody{{Cite AuDB |id2=murray-edward-james-15079 |title=Edward James Murray |last=Peters-Little |first=Frances |last2=Luckhurst |first2=Simon |volume=18 |year=2012 |accessdate=25 October 2017}}
• Mary Quirk, politician{{Cite AuDB |id2=quirk-mary-lilly-may-11473 |title=Mary Lilly May Quirk |last=Blackley |first=Leanne L. |volume=16 |year=2002 |accessdate=25 October 2017 }}
• Jesse Ramien, rugby league player
• Thomas Tyrrell, trade unionist and politician{{Cite AuDB |id2=tyrrell-thomas-james-jim-8895 |title=Thomas James (Jim) Tyrrell |last=Farrell |first=Frank |volume=12 |year=1990 |accessdate=25 October 2017 }}
• Adriano Zumbo, pâtissier and chef
• Braiden Burns, rugby league player

• Coonamble railway
• Coonamble airport

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{{Commons category|Coonamble}}

• [http://coonambleshire.nsw.gov.au/ Coonamble Shire Council]
• [http://www.coonamble.org/ Coonamble on the Castlereagh]
• [http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Coonamble/2005/02/17/1108500193396.html The Sydney Morning Herald Travel: Coonamble] (February 8, 2004)
• [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/busrpt/stories/s809402.htm ABC Radio National: Coonamble Open For Business] (15 March 2003)
• [https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/coonamble-nsw Aussie Towns Coonamble NSW]

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Category:Towns in the Central West (New South Wales)