Rye Park NSW 2586
257 addresses · 30 streets
Hume Electorate › Hilltops LGA › Rye Park · 223 km from Sydney
Living Here
Rye Park is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 230 people, with a median age of 50. The typical household earns around $1,300 a week, with median rent near $170 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Yass Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rye Park itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
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: 6.8% 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 | 6.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 20.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 10.4% · Labour-force participation 53.8%
Population by age in Rye Park
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 17 |
| 20-24 | 14 |
| 25-34 | 17 |
| 35-44 | 21 |
| 45-54 | 47 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 33 |
| 75-84 | 17 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Rye Park
| House | 74 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rye Park
| <$650 | 19 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Rye Park
| English | 110 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 98 |
| Scottish | 28 |
| Irish | 27 |
| Ancestry NS | 25 |
| German | 6 |
Housing tenure in Rye Park
| Owned | 45 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Rye Park
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 18 |
Commute to work in Rye Park
| Car | 51 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 19 |
Top countries of birth in Rye Park
| China | 5 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
Languages used at home in Rye Park
| Mandarin | 5 |
|---|---|
| Spanish | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,839 bird observations recorded near Rye Park — most often seen:
- Common Starling (111)
- Australian Magpie (108)
- Galah (105)
- Crimson Rosella (89)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (81)
- Superb Fairy-wren (81)
- Australian Wood Duck (79)
- White-fronted Chat (76)
- House Sparrow (65)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (61)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (61)
- Northern Superb Fairy-wren (60)
- Eastern Galah (58)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rye Park
- Southern Willie Wagtail (58)
- Pacific Black Duck (57)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (52)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (51)
- Superb Parrot (51)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (49)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (48)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (47)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (47)
- Grey Teal (46)
- Australasian Grebe (45)
- South-east Eastern Rosella (44)
- Eastern Australian Raven (42)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (42)
- Southern Magpie-lark (42)
- Welcome Swallow (42)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (41)
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 Rye Park:
- Laverstock (15.3 km)
- Kangiara (15.5 km)
- Rugby (16.2 km)
- Bevendale (16.8 km)
- Blakney Creek (18.5 km)
- Boorowa (19.7 km)
- Broadway (26.3 km)
- Bango (26.6 km)
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Streets
- Ashford Lane (10)
- Banks Street (8)
- Cemetery Drive (5)
- Colandal Lane (3)
- Cook Street (1)
- Dalton Road (30)
- Dirthole Creek Road (3)
- Flakney Creek Road (3)
- Grassy Creek Road (13)
- Gunning Road (1)
- High Rock Road (16)
- Hillview Lane (1)
- Hume Street (2)
- Jumpers Lane (1)
- Karoon Lane (3)
- Kennys Creek Road (1)
- Kershaw Street (20)
- Lagoon Creek Road (9)
- Little Plains Road (19)
- Maryvale Road (15)
- Perks Road (4)
- Rocky Lane (2)
- Rye Park Road (17)
- Slattery Street (15)
- Tangmangaroo Road (11)
- Walla Lane (1)
- Wargeila Road (12)
- Wattle Grove Lane (2)
- Whealgrace Road (2)
- Yass Street (27)
