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Downside NSW 2650

154 addresses · 27 streets

Riverina Electorate › Wagga Wagga LGA › Downside · 375 km from Sydney

Living Here

Downside is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 124 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $2,583 a week, with median rent near $185 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

124Population
46Median age
$2,583Median household income / wk
$185Median rent / wk
2.6Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Wagga Wagga Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Downside itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Wagga Wagga Airport, 20.9 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources10/10
Education & jobs10/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Downside

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Downside NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 75.5%

Population by age in Downside
Population by age, Downside NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-47
5-1415
15-196
20-2412
25-3410
35-4415
45-5422
55-6420
65-7415
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Downside
Dwelling types, Downside NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House37
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Downside
Households by weekly income, Downside NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4998
$1,500-2,9993
$3,000+17
Top ancestries in Downside
Top ancestries, Downside NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English60
Australian38
Irish25
Scottish13
Ancestry NS12
Aboriginal5
Housing tenure in Downside
Housing tenure, Downside NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned13
Mortgage17
Rented8
Other0
Cars per household in Downside
Cars per household, Downside NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
215
39
4+12
Commute to work in Downside
Commute to work, Downside NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car48
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home14

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

123 bird observations recorded near Downside — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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Image — Robert Myers · CC BY-SA 3.0 au (via Wikimedia Commons).