Rylstone, NSW
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Rylstone is a town on the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, about 241 kilometres north-west of Sydney and 54 kilometres south-east of Mudgee, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. The Dabee people of the Wiradjuri nation are the traditional owners. The town's name has no single agreed origin: it may be an Irish settler's mishearing of 'Royal Stone', a Scottish term, or a name Governor Gipps chose instead of the locally requested 'Tong Bong'. Surveyed in 1846, the town gained a post office in 1849 and was proclaimed in 1885, a year after the railway arrived. Wool, sheep, cattle, grapes and olives shape the district, with coal and cement works at nearby Kandos. Among its heritage buildings are the 1870 courthouse and the Globe Hotel.
Less advantaged than the national average
Rylstone is more socio-economically advantaged than about 23% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 935, 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 Rylstone 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.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Rylstone 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
23/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (23/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
52/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $280 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 52% 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.
Rylstone at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 904
- Median age
- 54
- Median weekly household income
- $1,113
- SEIFA score
- 935
- Local government area
- Mid-Western Regional
- Coordinates
- -32.7745, 149.9971
Map of Rylstone
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Housing & property in Rylstone
What it costs to live in Rylstone and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $280
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,300
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 78%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 18%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Rylstone demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Rylstone demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Rylstone 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 seniors (65+) at 32% and 10% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 124 | 14% |
| Youth (15–24) | 70 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 154 | 17% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 263 | 29% |
| Seniors (65+) | 291 | 32% |
Share of the 902 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 189 | 50% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 105 | 28% |
| Rented | 70 | 18% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 377 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 7 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 388 occupied private dwellings in Rylstone.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,674
- Median weekly personal income
- $579
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 84 (10%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 26 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 45 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 273 (36%)
- Labour-force participation
- 49.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Employed full-time
- 201
- Employed part-time
- 136
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 Rylstone
Is Rylstone 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, Rylstone rates 33/100 overall (Lower 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 Rylstone?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Rylstone was $280, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Rylstone?
Rylstone is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional local government area.
What is the population of Rylstone?
At the 2021 Census, Rylstone had a population of about 904.
Is Rylstone an advantaged area?
Rylstone has an ABS SEIFA score of 935, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 23 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 23% of Australian suburbs.
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