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New South Wales · SA2 108021160

What's going on in South West Rocks

Population 5,628 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#5 of 623 in New South Wales

for Median age (58)

Rank 2

#116 of 623 in New South Wales

for Unemployment rate (6.2%)

Rank 3

#138 of 623 in New South Wales

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (6.0%)

The three dimensions where South West Rocks 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)
$997 / week
#614 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Median age
58 years
#5 of 623 in New South Wales

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

% of households renting
22.9%
#407 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Unemployment rate
6.2%
#116 of 623 in New South Wales

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

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

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

Walk the ranking

South West Rocks's sharpest rank is for Median age. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #13 · one rank above Moonta South Australia ↓ #15 · one rank below Laurieton - Bonny Hills New South Wales

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.