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New South Wales · SA2 105021097

What's going on in Broken Hill

Population 17,588 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#30 of 623 in New South Wales

for % single-parent families (23.1%)

Rank 2

#44 of 623 in New South Wales

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (10.0%)

Rank 3

#54 of 623 in New South Wales

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (59.9%)

The three dimensions where Broken Hill picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,173 / week
#559 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
44 years
#156 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
23.8%
#387 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
5.5%
#187 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#534 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Broken Hill's sharpest rank is for % single-parent families. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #148 · one rank above Walgett - Lightning Ridge New South Wales ↓ #150 · one rank below Charters Towers Queensland

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.