Upper Tooloom, NSW

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 30 May 2026

32/100

Suburb Score

Less advantaged than the national average

Upper Tooloom is more socio-economically advantaged than about 32% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 956, 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.

Upper Tooloom at a glance

Population (2021): 57
Median age: 47
Median weekly household income: $787
SEIFA score: 956
Coordinates: -28.5863, 152.3747

Upper Tooloom demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Upper Tooloom 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 39%, 29% of homes are rented, and 11% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	5	8%
Youth (15–24)	8	13%
Young adults (25–44)	8	13%
Mid-life (45–64)	24	39%
Seniors (65+)	16	26%

Share of the 61 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	9	43%
Owned with a mortgage	6	29%
Rented	6	29%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	14	100%
Townhouses & semis	0	0%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 14 occupied private dwellings in Upper Tooloom.

Median weekly rent: $150
Median monthly mortgage: $1,542
Average household size: 2.6 people
Median weekly family income: $1,125
Median weekly personal income: $462

Community and culture

Born overseas: 6 (11%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 4 (8%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 0 (0%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 13 (29%)
Labour-force participation: 58.5%
Unemployment rate: 6.5%
Employed full-time: 17
Employed part-time: 11

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 Upper Tooloom

Where is Upper Tooloom?

Upper Tooloom is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.

What is the population of Upper Tooloom?

At the 2021 Census, Upper Tooloom had a population of about 57.

Is Upper Tooloom an advantaged area?

Upper Tooloom has an ABS SEIFA score of 956, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 32 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 32% of Australian suburbs.