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Yass NSW 2582

4,126 addresses · 142 streets

Eden-Monaro Electorate › Yass Valley LGA › Yass · 237 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Yass is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 6,763 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,739 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

6,763Population
42Median age
$1,739Median household income / wk
$340Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Yass Interchange, 300 m south · Airport: Canberra Airport, 57.5 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs5/10

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: 4.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Yass

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

Tree cover measures, Yass NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20204.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20216.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.1% · Labour-force participation 60.9%

Population by age in Yass
Population by age, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4380
5-14933
15-19378
20-24329
25-34746
35-44841
45-54871
55-64820
65-74767
75-84452
85+252
Dwelling types in Yass
Dwelling types, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House2,233
Townhouse193
Apartment79
Other3
Households by weekly income in Yass
Households by weekly income, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650369
$650-1,499640
$1,500-2,999777
$3,000+561
Top ancestries in Yass
Top ancestries, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian3,176
English2,838
Irish947
Scottish740
Other362
Ancestry NS358
Housing tenure in Yass
Housing tenure, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned836
Mortgage1,006
Rented593
Other47
Cars per household in Yass
Cars per household, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0116
1833
2936
3378
4+224
Commute to work in Yass
Commute to work, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,221
Train0
Bus30
Tram/ferry0
Walked125
Bicycle7
Home358
Top countries of birth in Yass
Top countries of birth, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England182
New Zealand56
India31
Germany28
Ireland27
Scotland23
Languages used at home in Yass
Languages used at home, Yass NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese20
Tagalog16
Arabic14
Australian Indigenous14
Nepali14
Punjabi14

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

12,589 bird observations recorded near Yass — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Yass

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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