Rugby NSW 2583
84 addresses · 13 streets
Hume Electorate › Hilltops LGA › Rugby · 212 km from Sydney
Living Here
Rugby is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 83 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,437 a week, with median rent near $105 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Young Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rugby itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
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: 10.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 10.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 17.2% |
Demographics
Population by age in Rugby
| 0-4 | 13 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 3 |
| 55-64 | 21 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Rugby
| House | 33 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rugby
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 13 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 11 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rugby
| Australian | 41 |
|---|---|
| English | 40 |
| Irish | 16 |
| Aboriginal | 7 |
| Italian | 6 |
| Scottish | 5 |
Housing tenure in Rugby
| Owned | 19 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Rugby
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Rugby
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 10 |
Top countries of birth in Rugby
| England | 6 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,390 bird observations recorded near Rugby — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (82)
- Galah (80)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (73)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (63)
- Superb Parrot (62)
- Crimson Rosella (61)
- Australian Raven (60)
- Superb Fairy-wren (51)
- Magpie-lark (50)
- Striated Pardalote (49)
- Common Starling (46)
- Grey Fantail (45)
- White-throated Treecreeper (45)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rugby
- Red Wattlebird (44)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (41)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (40)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (40)
- Willie Wagtail (39)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (38)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (38)
- Laughing Kookaburra (37)
- Rufous Whistler (37)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (37)
- Pied Currawong (36)
- Eastern Galah (35)
- Striated Thornbill (35)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (34)
- Noisy Friarbird (31)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (31)
- Australian Wood Duck (30)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Rugby:
- Taylors Flat (13.2 km)
- Rye Park (16.2 km)
- Narrawa (17.6 km)
- Frogmore (18.9 km)
- Bevendale (19.5 km)
- Boorowa (24.7 km)
- Reids Flat (28 km)
- Wheeo (29 km)
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Streets
- Aubyn Vale Road (1)
- Berrys Lane (2)
- Corringle Lane (3)
- Good Street (8)
- Grassey Creek Road (1)
- Grassy Creek Road (9)
- Lugano Road (10)
- Main Road (1)
- Mewburn Street (7)
- Perks Road (3)
- River Road (4)
- Rugby Road (34)
- Summerdale Lane (1)
