[4] Although Coonamble had been a major sheep industry region in the 1980s to 2000, there has recently been an increasing interest in cattle rearing.

Most recently Coonamble has gained media coverage due to their mass floods over Christmas 2009.

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

The Coonamble Rams play in the Western Plains Rugby Union competition.

The town is sunny, with 148.7 clear days annually[8] Coonamble has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: