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New South Wales · SA2 103021067

What's going on in Parkes (NSW)

Population 10,919 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#26 of 623 in New South Wales

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (12.7%)

Rank 2

#93 of 623 in New South Wales

for % single-parent families (18.7%)

Rank 3

#117 of 623 in New South Wales

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (56.0%)

The three dimensions where Parkes (NSW) 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)
$1,389 / week
#461 of 623 in New South Wales

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

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

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

% of households renting
29.7%
#278 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Unemployment rate
5.0%
#240 of 623 in New South Wales

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

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

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

Walk the ranking

Parkes (NSW)'s sharpest rank is for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #123 · one rank above Croydon - Etheridge Queensland ↓ #125 · one rank below Kuranda 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.