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New South Wales · SA2 106011108

What's going on in Cessnock

Population 23,495 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#8 of 623 in New South Wales

for % single-parent families (26.0%)

Rank 2

#30 of 623 in New South Wales

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (11.7%)

Rank 3

#52 of 623 in New South Wales

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

The three dimensions where Cessnock 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)
$1,258 / week
#511 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Median age
39 years
#332 of 623 in New South Wales

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

% of households renting
33.8%
#211 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Unemployment rate
6.6%
#81 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Average persons per bedroom
0.80
#308 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Walk the ranking

Cessnock'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.

↑ #65 · one rank above Westcourt - Bungalow Queensland ↓ #67 · one rank below Goodna 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.