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Barellan vs Brobenah
Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 27 km apart · Barellan profile · Brobenah profile
Barellan Brobenah
Barellan and Brobenah are two nearby New South Wales areas with very different scales. Barellan has 459 people and a more developed layout, where 61.4% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of a school and 56.5% are near health services. In contrast, Brobenah is sparsely populated with just 12 residents and no recorded local amenities. There is also a sharp contrast in wealth; the typical weekly household income in Brobenah is $2,749, which is far higher than the $1,262 found in Barellan.
While the two areas share a similar landscape with a low average terrain slope, the gap in household income has widened since 2011. Brobenah continues to see typical weekly personal incomes well higher than those in Barellan, at $900 compared to $670. Barellan also remains much more accessible, with a walkability score of 3.4 (mostly car-dependent) and two public transport routes, whereas Brobenah is completely car-dependent.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 644
- First area, 2016: 538
- First area, 2021: 459
- Second area, 2016: 15
- Second area, 2021: 12
- First area, 2011: 41 yrs
- First area, 2016: 44 yrs
- First area, 2021: 48 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 42 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 47 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
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: $409
- First area, 2016: $605
- First area, 2021: $670
- Second area, 2016: $725
- Second area, 2021: $900
- First area, 2011: $803
- First area, 2016: $1,154
- First area, 2021: $1,262
- Second area, 2016: $1,624
- Second area, 2021: $2,749
- First area, 2011: $1,093
- First area, 2016: $1,468
- First area, 2021: $1,787
- Second area, 2016: $1,624
- Second area, 2021: $2,250
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: 2.7
- First area, 2016: 2.4
- First area, 2021: 2.2
- Second area, 2016: 3.0
- Second area, 2021: 2.8
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $80
- First area, 2016: $125
- First area, 2021: $200
- First area, 2011: $817
- First area, 2016: $693
- First area, 2021: $744
- Second area, 2021: $434
- First area, 2011: 1.10
- First area, 2016: 0.70
- First area, 2021: 0.70
- Second area, 2016: 0.60
- Second area, 2021: 0.90
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Barellan vs Brobenah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL10198/barellan/vs/SAL10579/brobenah