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What's going on in Nelson Bay Peninsula

Population 21,972 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#15 of 623 in New South Wales

for Median age (55)

Rank 2

#248 of 623 in New South Wales

for % single-parent families (14.5%)

Rank 3

#267 of 623 in New South Wales

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (3.6%)

The three dimensions where Nelson Bay Peninsula picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,267 / week
#508 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
55 years
#15 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
25.3%
#357 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
4.7%
#274 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#542 of 623 in New South Wales

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Nelson Bay Peninsula's sharpest rank is for Median age. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #39 · one rank above Maclean - Yamba - Iluka New South Wales ↓ #41 · one rank below Gloucester New South Wales

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.