Living in Goulburn

In Goulburn, the median rent tenants pay is €880 a month (2021) and unemployment is 4.5% (2021).

In August 2021, Goulburn had a population of 24,565. The city covered 64.8 km² in 2021. Population density was 395.9 people per km² in 2025. Median personal income was A$749 per week in August 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-078 sources

Population24,565people10 Aug 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia

Median gross salary (region)2,014EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · www.abs.gov.au

Median rent880.5EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02

Unemployment rate4.5%country median 4.5% — about the sameOfficial source · 2021 Census GCP Significant Urban Areas for Australia (DataPack)

PM2.5, annual mean5.9µg/m³country median 6.0 — 2% belowOfficial source · NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables

Which Australia-wide rules apply when you move to Goulburn?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

Median rent was A$320 per week, and median monthly mortgage repayment was A$1,636 in August 2021.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€70

Mobile plan, 10 GB€46

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	69.92 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telstra nbn100⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	45.79 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telstra Upfront Basic⁶Official · national market
Dwellings	10,356 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Main residence dwellings	9,486 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median weekly rent (AUD)	320 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median monthly rent	880.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02¹Official
Median monthly rent (whole dwelling)	880.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02¹Official

Is Goulburn a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–61%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%

Student33%strong on education, weak on safety · range 25–41%

Family56%strong on family, weak on safety · range 47–65%

Retirement60%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 49–71%

Work and income

Median household income was A$1,418 per week in August 2021.

What is the unemployment rate in Goulburn?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (August 2021). Source: 2021 Census GCP Significant Urban Areas for Australia (DataPack)¹

Unemployment across cities in AustraliaUnemployment in Goulburn is 4.5%. Of 100 cities with data, 32 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Goulburn 4.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in full-time employment	6,688 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Employment rate	54.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median household income (AUD/week)	1,418 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median personal income (AUD/week)	749 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,014 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	www.abs.gov.au⁸Official
Unemployment rate	4.5 %country median 4.5% — about the same	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census GCP Significant Urban Areas for Australia (DataPack)¹Official

What does a salary buy in Goulburn?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	outside the model's range
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02 · 2021-12-31	− €880
Internet€70 · official · Telstra nbn100 · 2026-07-31	− €70
Mobile plan€46 · official · Telstra Upfront Basic · 2026-07-31	− €46
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	—

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Goulburn. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Workforce Australia — Public employment service

Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Goulburn. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People who speak a language other than English at home	6.71 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Goulburn. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) — State Language Course

Australian Government Department of Home Affairs

For eligible migrants, humanitarian entrants.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridFree

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Humanitarian Settlement Program (HSP) — Newcomer Adaptation

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Goulburn?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.9 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables²

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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29°14°

27°14°

24°11°

20°8°

16°5°

13°3°

12°2°

13°2°

17°5°

20°7°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.9WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in AustraliaAnnual PM2.5 in Goulburn is 5.9 µg/m³. Of 37 cities with data, 12 have annual PM2.5 of 5 to under 6 µg/m³.

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Goulburn 5.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.9 µg/m³country median 6.0	31 Dec 2023	NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 28.5 · Feb 26.7 · Mar 24 · Apr 20.4 · May 16.1 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 11.8 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 16.8 · Oct 20.4 · Nov 23.5 · Dec 26.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GOULBURN TAFE⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 14.3 · Feb 13.9 · Mar 11.4 · Apr 7.8 · May 4.5 · Jun 2.9 · Jul 1.9 · Aug 2.4 · Sep 4.9 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 12.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GOULBURN TAFE⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 21.4 · Feb 20.3 · Mar 17.7 · Apr 14.1 · May 10.3 · Jun 7.7 · Jul 6.9 · Aug 7.9 · Sep 10.8 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 16.8 · Dec 19.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GOULBURN TAFE⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 62.8 · Feb 63.4 · Mar 54.8 · Apr 29 · May 31.7 · Jun 60.8 · Jul 38.8 · Aug 48.1 · Sep 46.9 · Oct 51.1 · Nov 57.1 · Dec 62.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GOULBURN TAFE⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Christchurch (New Zealand) ±2.3 °C, Ventura (United States) ±6.4 °C, Lower Hutt (New Zealand) ±3.3 °C, Downey (United States) ±8.0 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±8.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Goulburn?

The published population was 24,565 people in August 2021. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport89.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	64.79 km²	31 Dec 2021	Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA.³Official
Foreign-resident share	10.81 %	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Foreign residents	2,655 people	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Population density	395.9 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation.⁴Official
Female residents	12,355 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Male residents	12,212 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Population	24,565 people	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Population over time25 published observations, 2001–2025

20,654

22,442

24,229

26,017

25,647200120052011201520212025

Population rose 19.5% between 2001 and 2025, from 21,460 to 25,647.

International community in Goulburn

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	24,565	100.0%
Australia	20,465	83.3%
Elsewhere (excludes country of birth not stated)	2,659	10.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G09 PERSONS total across age groups and sex · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	24,565	100.0%
Australia	20,465	83.3%
Country of birth not stated	1,445	5.9%
England	466	1.9%
Born elsewhere(d)	315	1.3%
New Zealand	239	1.0%
India	226	0.9%
Philippines	178	0.7%
Nepal	144	0.6%
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)(c)	124	0.5%
Scotland	65	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Fiji	55	0.2%
Germany	49	0.2%
Korea, Republic of (South)	48	0.2%
United States of America	46	0.2%
Thailand	44	0.2%
South Africa	37	0.2%
Netherlands	34	0.1%
Indonesia	33	0.1%
Bangladesh	32	0.1%
Greece	32	0.1%
Ireland	32	0.1%
Malaysia	32	0.1%
Italy	30	0.1%
Pakistan	26	0.1%
Lebanon	25	0.1%
Vietnam	24	0.1%
Brazil	22	0.1%
France	20	0.1%
Iran	18	0.1%
Sri Lanka	18	0.1%
Poland	16	0.1%
Zimbabwe	16	0.1%
Canada	15	0.1%
Wales	15	0.1%
Croatia	14	0.1%
Egypt	14	0.1%
Hong Kong (SAR of China)(c)	13	0.1%
Taiwan	13	0.1%
Papua New Guinea	12	0.0%
Chile	11	0.0%
Cambodia	10	0.0%
Singapore	10	0.0%
Afghanistan	9	0.0%
Iraq	8	0.0%
Myanmar	8	0.0%
Samoa	8	0.0%
Turkey	8	0.0%
Japan	7	0.0%
Malta	7	0.0%
Mauritius	7	0.0%
North Macedonia	6	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Citizenship

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	24,565	100.0%
Australian citizen	21,586	87.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	10.82 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Households	9,486 households	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Labour force participation rate	56.7 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median age	40 years	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median monthly mortgage repayment (AUD)	1,636 AUD/month	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Goulburn

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Darwin as a Goulburn alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 127,215 Darwin vs 24,565 Goulburn+418%
Foreign residents: 37.4% Darwin vs 10.8% Goulburn+246%
Median gross pay, region: €3,017 Darwin vs €2,014 Goulburn+50%

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Goulburn in rankings

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Goulburn?

The published population was 24,565 people in August 2021. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia.

Is the air quality good in Goulburn?

What is the unemployment rate in Goulburn?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (August 2021). Source: 2021 Census GCP Significant Urban Areas for Australia (DataPack).

What is the typical salary around Goulburn?

The median gross salary is 2,014 EUR/month. Source: www.abs.gov.au.

How many foreign residents live in Goulburn?

2,655 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia.

Is Goulburn a good place to live?

Goulburn may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Australia live in Goulburn?

The official country of birth distribution records 20,465 people (83.3%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks · abs.gov.au · checked 2026-09-25
NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 · dcceew.gov.au · checked 2026-07-29
Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA. geo.abs.gov.au · checked 2016-07-01
Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation. abs.gov.au · checked 2021-06-30
Telstra nbn100 telstra.com.au · checked 2026-09-15
Telstra Upfront Basic telstra.com.au · checked 2026-09-15
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GOULBURN TAFE WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
www.abs.gov.au abs.gov.au · checked 2026-08-27

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