New South Wales · SA2 105011096

What's going on in Walgett - Lightning Ridge

Population 5,534

Top rank

#7 of 623 in New South Wales

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (22.6%)

Rank 2

#9 of 623 in New South Wales

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (67.8%)

Rank 3

#29 of 623 in New South Wales

for % single-parent families (23.1%)

The three dimensions where Walgett - Lightning Ridge 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)

$991 / week

#615 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Median age

44 years

#155 of 623 in New South Wales

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

% of households renting

31.4%

#249 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Unemployment rate

6.7%

#78 of 623 in New South Wales

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

Average persons per bedroom

0.80

#301 of 623 in New South Wales

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

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.