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Yellow Rock NSW 2527

104 addresses · 10 streets

Whitlam Electorate › Shellharbour LGA › Yellow Rock · 92 km from Sydney

Living Here

Yellow Rock is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 226 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,321 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

226Population
45Median age
$2,321Median household income / wk
$500Median rent / wk
3.2Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Albion Park - Macquarie Pass statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Yellow Rock itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Albion Park, 6.5 km north-east · Airport: Shellharbour Airport, 6.2 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 9/10
Economic resources10/10
Education & jobs6/10

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: 60.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Yellow Rock

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

Tree cover measures, Yellow Rock NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202060.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202174.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.5% · Labour-force participation 67%

Population by age in Yellow Rock
Population by age, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-49
5-1424
15-1915
20-2420
25-3425
35-4421
45-5436
55-6438
65-7434
75-844
85+0
Dwelling types in Yellow Rock
Dwelling types, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House64
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Yellow Rock
Households by weekly income, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4999
$1,500-2,99919
$3,000+23
Top ancestries in Yellow Rock
Top ancestries, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English89
Australian82
Scottish29
Italian28
Irish27
German11
Housing tenure in Yellow Rock
Housing tenure, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned42
Mortgage18
Rented9
Other0
Cars per household in Yellow Rock
Cars per household, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
00
10
226
316
4+29
Commute to work in Yellow Rock
Commute to work, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car87
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle0
Home17
Top countries of birth in Yellow Rock
Top countries of birth, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England7
New Zealand5
Chile4
Languages used at home in Yellow Rock
Languages used at home, Yellow Rock NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Macedonian5
Italian4
Serbian4
Spanish4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

15,617 bird observations recorded near Yellow Rock — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Yellow Rock

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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