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Wambool, NSW

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·

71/100
Suburb Score

More advantaged than the national average

Wambool is more socio-economically advantaged than about 71% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1025, 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.

Wambool at a glance

Population (2021)
38
Median age
45
Median weekly household income
$2,812
SEIFA score
1025
Coordinates
-33.5051, 149.7590

Wambool demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Wambool 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 38%, 0% of homes are rented, and 0% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age groupPeopleShare
Children (0–14)724%
Youth (15–24)414%
Young adults (25–44)310%
Mid-life (45–64)1138%
Seniors (65+)414%

Share of the 29 people counted by age.

Housing and households

TenureDwellingsShare
Owned outright655%
Owned with a mortgage545%
Rented00%
Dwelling typeDwellingsShare
Houses17100%
Townhouses & semis00%
Flats & apartments00%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 17 occupied private dwellings in Wambool.

Median weekly rent
$250
Median monthly mortgage
$1,250
Average household size
2.7 people
Median weekly family income
$2,874
Median weekly personal income
$1,025

Community and culture

Born overseas
0 (0%)
Speaks a language other than English at home
0 (0%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
3 (8%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12
16 (44%)
Labour-force participation
69.4%
Unemployment rate
4%
Employed full-time
14
Employed part-time
7

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 Wambool

Where is Wambool?

Wambool is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.

What is the population of Wambool?

At the 2021 Census, Wambool had a population of about 38.

Is Wambool an advantaged area?

Wambool has an ABS SEIFA score of 1025, 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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