Nyabing, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Nyabing is a small wheatbelt town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, in the Shire of Kent about 320 kilometres south-east of Perth, on the traditional country of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation. The name is of Aboriginal origin and is thought to come from 'ne-yameng', a word for the native everlasting flower Rhodanthe manglesii; an earlier railway siding here, Nampup, took its name from a local soak. The townsite was gazetted in 1912 along the Katanning to Pingrup railway, in country first taken up by pastoralists and sandalwood cutters in the 1870s. Wheat and other cereals are the mainstay today, and the district is dotted with mallee nature reserves. Nyabing is a grain receival point for the surrounding farms.
More advantaged than the national average
Nyabing is more socio-economically advantaged than about 71% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1024, 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.
Nyabing at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 260
- Median age
- 37
- Median weekly household income
- $1,766
- SEIFA score
- 1024
- Coordinates
- -33.5567, 118.1599
Nyabing demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Nyabing 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 children (0–14) at 26%, 18% of homes are rented, and 12% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 66 | 26% |
| Youth (15–24) | 33 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 65 | 25% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 65 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 28 | 11% |
Share of the 257 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 44 | 47% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 14 | 15% |
| Rented | 17 | 18% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 87 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 87 occupied private dwellings in Nyabing.
- Median weekly rent
- $95
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,104
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,092
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 30 (12%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 12 (5%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 3 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 102 (55%)
- Labour-force participation
- 71.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.7%
- Employed full-time
- 99
- Employed part-time
- 29
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 Nyabing
Where is Nyabing?
Nyabing is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Nyabing?
At the 2021 Census, Nyabing had a population of about 260.
Is Nyabing an advantaged area?
Nyabing has an ABS SEIFA score of 1024, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 71 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 71% of Australian suburbs.
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