Goat Island, NSW
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Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Goat Island is more socio-economically advantaged than about 15% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 912, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Goat Island at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 4
- Median age
- 43
- SEIFA score
- 912
- Coordinates
- -28.9897, 153.4573
Goat Island demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Goat Island using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, 0% of residents were born overseas.
Housing and households
- Average household size
- 5 people
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 0 (0%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 4 (100%)
- Labour-force participation
- 100%
- Employed full-time
- 0
- Employed part-time
- 0
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Goat Island
Where is Goat Island?
Goat Island is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
What is the population of Goat Island?
At the 2021 Census, Goat Island had a population of about 4.
Is Goat Island an advantaged area?
Goat Island has an ABS SEIFA score of 912, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 15 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 15% of Australian suburbs.
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