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Wentworth - Buronga vs Wentworth-Balranald Region
Statistical Area 2 (SA2) comparison ≈ 84 km apart · Wentworth - Buronga profile · Wentworth-Balranald Region profile
Wentworth - Buronga Wentworth-Balranald Region
Wentworth - Buronga and Wentworth-Balranald Region are two rural New South Wales areas with very different scales. Wentworth - Buronga is more compact and walkable, with 69.7% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a park. In contrast, the Wentworth-Balranald Region is vast and has a much higher share of recent overseas arrivals at 32.3%. The two areas also differ in their First Nations communities; the typical First Nations resident in Wentworth-Balranald Region is far older at 36, while the First Nations unemployment rate is far higher in Wentworth - Buronga at 21.6%.
Recent arrivals from overseas have become a more significant divide, as the gap between the two areas has widened since 2011. Despite this, the two places are very similar in other ways. They share the same typical resident age of 43 and almost identical typical weekly household incomes, around $1,400. Both areas also have the same average number of people per home, at 2.5.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 5,769
- First area, 2016: 5,967
- First area, 2021: 6,511
- Second area, 2011: 3,661
- Second area, 2016: 3,614
- Second area, 2021: 3,648
- First area, 2011: 41 yrs
- First area, 2016: 44 yrs
- First area, 2021: 43 yrs
- Second area, 2011: 42 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 43 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 43 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Wentworth - Buronga: 0.7% males, 1.2% females; 85+ in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 0.8% males, 0.9% females
- 80–84 in Wentworth - Buronga: 1.4% males, 1.1% females; 80–84 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 1.0% males, 1.5% females
- 75–79 in Wentworth - Buronga: 2.0% males, 1.9% females; 75–79 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 1.6% males, 1.2% females
- 70–74 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.4% males, 2.8% females; 70–74 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 2.9% males, 2.2% females
- 65–69 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.4% males, 3.2% females; 65–69 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 3.9% males, 3.3% females
- 60–64 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.3% males, 3.4% females; 60–64 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 4.0% males, 3.5% females
- 55–59 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.8% males, 3.4% females; 55–59 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 4.3% males, 3.7% females
- 50–54 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.0% males, 3.1% females; 50–54 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 4.0% males, 3.2% females
- 45–49 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.3% males, 3.4% females; 45–49 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 3.5% males, 2.9% females
- 40–44 in Wentworth - Buronga: 2.8% males, 2.4% females; 40–44 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 3.0% males, 2.0% females
- 35–39 in Wentworth - Buronga: 2.7% males, 3.1% females; 35–39 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 2.9% males, 2.9% females
- 30–34 in Wentworth - Buronga: 2.7% males, 2.9% females; 30–34 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 3.7% males, 3.7% females
- 25–29 in Wentworth - Buronga: 2.5% males, 2.7% females; 25–29 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 2.8% males, 2.6% females
- 20–24 in Wentworth - Buronga: 2.5% males, 2.3% females; 20–24 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 3.0% males, 1.6% females
- 15–19 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.3% males, 2.7% females; 15–19 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 2.3% males, 2.3% females
- 10–14 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.3% males, 3.2% females; 10–14 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 3.2% males, 2.8% females
- 5–9 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.8% males, 2.8% females; 5–9 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 3.5% males, 2.8% females
- 0–4 in Wentworth - Buronga: 3.2% males, 3.1% females; 0–4 in Wentworth-Balranald Region: 3.3% males, 3.4% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $465
- First area, 2016: $543
- First area, 2021: $708
- Second area, 2011: $478
- Second area, 2016: $615
- Second area, 2021: $746
- First area, 2011: $892
- First area, 2016: $1,052
- First area, 2021: $1,386
- Second area, 2011: $851
- Second area, 2016: $1,138
- Second area, 2021: $1,404
- First area, 2011: $1,109
- First area, 2016: $1,309
- First area, 2021: $1,761
- Second area, 2011: $1,058
- Second area, 2016: $1,403
- Second area, 2021: $1,799
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
First Nations
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 2.5
- First area, 2016: 2.4
- First area, 2021: 2.5
- Second area, 2011: 2.4
- Second area, 2016: 2.5
- Second area, 2021: 2.5
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $150
- First area, 2016: $170
- First area, 2021: $200
- Second area, 2011: $130
- Second area, 2016: $130
- Second area, 2021: $200
- First area, 2011: $1,200
- First area, 2016: $1,200
- First area, 2021: $1,300
- Second area, 2011: $867
- Second area, 2016: $953
- Second area, 2021: $1,083
- First area, 2011: 1.10
- First area, 2016: 0.80
- First area, 2021: 0.80
- Second area, 2011: 1.10
- Second area, 2016: 0.80
- Second area, 2021: 0.80
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Economy & Advantage
Environment & Climate
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Wentworth - Buronga vs Wentworth-Balranald Region [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sa2/109021178/wentworth-buronga/vs/109021179/wentworth-balranald-region