Couragago crime statistics

About Couragago

Couragago is a rural locality situated in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, within the Snowy Valleys Council local government area and carrying the postcode 2720. The geography is characterized by undulating terrain, agricultural lands, and native bushland typical of the foothills of the Great Dividing Range. Demographically, the population is very small and dispersed, primarily consisting of residents engaged in local primary industries.

Local life in Couragago is centered around rural activities, with land use dominated by agriculture, including livestock grazing and forestry. Due to its remote and sparsely populated nature, the locality lacks commercial amenities, relying instead on nearby regional service centers such as Tumut or Batlow for retail, education, healthcare, and professional services. Transport links consist primarily of local unsealed and sealed rural roads connecting to the wider Snowy Valleys network.

The history of Couragago is closely tied to the broader European settlement of the Snowy Valleys, which saw the area gradually opened up for pastoralism, gold prospecting, and timber getting in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The traditional custodians of the wider region are the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal peoples, who maintained a deep connection to the land prior to European colonization. Today, the locality retains a quiet, historical rural character with few structural reminders of its early settlement era.

Sources and interpretation

These are police-recorded incident or victim counts, not every unreported incident or a prediction of personal safety. Percentage changes are not tests of statistical significance; small counts need particular care.

• NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
• ABS 2021 Census · SAL 11092
• NSW Spatial Services
• Methodology, updates and corrections