Jugiong, NSW
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Jugiong is a village in the South West Slopes of New South Wales, on the Murrumbidgee River just off the Hume Highway, about 336 kilometres south-west of Sydney and some 40 kilometres from Gundagai. The Wiradjuri people are the traditional owners, and the name is believed to come from a Wiradjuri word, recorded by settlers as 'U-go-wong' and said to mean 'the valley of the crows'. Henry O'Brien ran sheep here from the 1820s, an inn opened in 1844 under John Sheehan, and the town was reserved in 1853 with a post office following in 1856. Sheehan, who rescued thirty-three people in the 1852 flood, helped fund St John the Evangelist Church. Bypassed by the highway, Jugiong is now a quiet and pleasant stop for travellers.
More advantaged than the national average
Jugiong is more socio-economically advantaged than about 63% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1010, 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.
Is Jugiong a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Jugiong from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
63/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (63/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
81/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $185 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 81% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Jugiong at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 255
- Median age
- 43
- Median weekly household income
- $1,303
- SEIFA score
- 1010
- Local government area
- Hilltops
- Coordinates
- -34.7968, 148.3385
Map of Jugiong
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Housing & property in Jugiong
What it costs to live in Jugiong and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $185
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $964
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 78%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 11%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Jugiong demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Jugiong demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Jugiong 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, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 27% and 7% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 53 | 20% |
| Youth (15–24) | 21 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 65 | 25% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 70 | 27% |
| Seniors (65+) | 53 | 20% |
Share of the 262 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 49 | 54% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 22 | 24% |
| Rented | 10 | 11% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 96 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 96 occupied private dwellings in Jugiong.
- Average household size
- 2.4 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,825
- Median weekly personal income
- $754
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 16 (7%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 3 (1%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 6 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 85 (43%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Employed full-time
- 69
- Employed part-time
- 41
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.
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Common questions about Jugiong
Is Jugiong a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Jugiong rates 69/100 overall (Strong on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Jugiong?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Jugiong was $185, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $964. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Jugiong?
Jugiong is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia, in the Hilltops local government area.
What is the population of Jugiong?
At the 2021 Census, Jugiong had a population of about 255.
Is Jugiong an advantaged area?
Jugiong has an ABS SEIFA score of 1010, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 63 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 63% of Australian suburbs.
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