Yass is a major regional centre in New South Wales, in Yass Valley Council. It is close to the Yass River and the Murrumbidgee River.
Public transport is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for major regional centres. School ICSEA scores are a relative strength. Heritage listings are more concentrated than in comparable places, with heritage listings 100% above the peer median. Trade-offs centre on limited amenity for the price, thinner mapped green cover within the suburb boundary and weaker population growth, with green cover 91% below the peer median.
Overall, Yass suits people prioritising public transport and heritage character over amenity for the price.
Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.
Strengths and weaknesses
Major regional centre · compared with major regional centres in New South Wales (276)
Strengths
Public transport is a relative strength
Heritage listings are more concentrated than in comparable places
School ICSEA scores are a relative strength
Weaknesses
Buyers pay a premium despite relatively limited amenity access
Mapped green cover within the suburb boundary is below comparable suburbs
Population has been growing more slowly than in comparable places, or declining
What stands out
Yass River
Murrumbidgee River
Who it suits
Stars are audience-fit ratings derived from Suburb.Guide data, not demographic counts or user reviews.
Families★★☆☆☆
Professionals★★☆☆☆
Retirees★★☆☆☆
Students★☆☆☆☆
Budget buyers★★☆☆☆
Housing, growth and risk
How Yass compares
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median house price
$865k
+21% change
Median rent
$580/wk
Population (ERP)
6,840
+0.2% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
7.9%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#31
among Country & regional · Established
Crime rate
36th
percentile in state (higher = more crime)
Pop. growth
42nd
percentile in NSW
Rented dwellings
24%
2021 Census tenure
Advantage (IRSAD)
6/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
47th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
48.4/100 — Average
State standing
Top 38% of New South Wales' suburbs
National rank
2335th in Australia
State rank
797th in NSW
Peer rank
#31 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#226 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
99%
Data sources & freshness
Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
Houses (January to March 2026)
$600
Rental bonds lodged (January to March 2026)
44
Median house price (October to December 2025)
$865,000
Median price change
+21%
Median weekly rent from NSW DCJ rent tables. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
+0.2% annual · +0.3% over 5 years · 42th percentile in NSW
Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.2%
5-year growth
+0.3%
Change in 1 year
+14
Change in 5 years
+21
Growth rank in NSW
42th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~6,950), extrapolated at +0.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
Population
6,763
Median age
42
Median household income / week
$1,739
Dwelling vacancy
7.9%
Unoccupied private dwellings
217 of 2,740
Median monthly mortgage
$1,773
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$340
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
34.3% / 41.3% / 24.4%
Employment rate
59%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
11.1% / 0.9% / 70.5%
Walked or cycled to work
4.1%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
2,233 / 193 / 79 (+ 3 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)
Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
19.9% of adults have a university degree, compared with 27.8% across New South Wales. 20.4% have a trade or vocational qualification.
University qualified19.9% · 27.8% NSW
Diploma qualified9.3% · 9.3% NSW
Trade / vocational20.4% · 15% NSW
Year 12 or below50.3% · 47.9% NSW
Highest qualification field
Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).
Management and commerce18.8%
Society and culture18.6%
Engineering and related technologies14.4%
Health11%
Education10.1%
Architecture and building8%
How these groups are defined
Measure
Definition
University qualified
Bachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualified
Advanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocational
Certificate III + IV
Year 12
Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12
Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below
People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)
University qualifications from the 2021 Census
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Tax & income
Median taxable income (2023–24)
$68,639
84th percentile in NSW · +17% vs Australia
Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$75,280
83rd percentile in NSW · +16% vs Australia
Residents with rental investments
16.0%
65th percentile in NSW · +16% vs Australia
Median super balance (2023–24)
$120,067
89th percentile in NSW · +90% vs Australia
Residents with business income
10.0%
48th percentile in NSW · -4% vs Australia
Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 2582 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.
Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
8,751
Taxpayers reporting net rent
1,362
Median net rent
-$291
Taxpayers reporting business income
835
Taxable income vs state median
+23%
Salary / wages vs state median
+20%
Rental investment vs state median
+14%
Super vs state median
+71%
Business income vs state median
0%
Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in NSW, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.
Data sources & freshness
Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary
Community & culture
4.3% speak a language other than English at home; 9.8% born overseas
Language at home
6,149 English only · 279 other
Non-English at home
4.3%
Born overseas
627 (9.8%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
347 (5.1%)
Australian citizens
6,257
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
17
Top languages other than English
Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).
Vietnamese14 · 15.1%
Punjabi12 · 12.9%
Nepali8 · 8.6%
Australian Indigenous languages6 · 6.5%
Italian6 · 6.5%
Polish6 · 6.5%
Urdu6 · 6.5%
Korean5 · 5.4%
Religion
55.3%Most common religion · Christianity
Christianity is the most common response at 55.3%, while 35.5% reported no religion.
Measure
Suburb
State
No religion
35.5%
32.8%
Christianity
55.3%
47.6%
Other / not stated
9.2%
19.6%
Christian denominations
Denomination
Suburb
State
Catholic
25.8%
22.4%
Anglican
19%
11.9%
Uniting Church
3.4%
2.1%
2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.
Data sources & freshness
2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 2582, which is shared with other suburbs.
Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
381
Against the person
78
Against property
113
Rate per 1,000 residents
55.7
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 87 residents
State crime-rate percentile
36.4th (higher = more crime)
No change (daily rate)
0%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
68
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
9.94
Most common offence types
Domestic Violence Related Assault24
Fraud26
Intimidation, Stalking And Harassment23
Malicious Damage To Property27
Possession And/Or Use Of Cannabis44
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)
Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates
BOCSAR postcode crime statistics — NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research · Jan 2024 to Dec 2024 → Jan 2025 to Dec 2025; Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Updated · Rolling 12-month windows
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
Schools within 2 km
2
Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
1,001
Median ICSEA percentile
47th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
3
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
1
School list
Yass High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 990 · 42th percentile · LBOTE 4% · 557 students · Top SEA quarter 11% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
Yass Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1012 · 52th percentile · LBOTE 12% · 305 students · Top SEA quarter 15% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
School catchments
Berinba PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
Bowning PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
Yass HSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
Yass PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.
Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)
Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts
Data sources & freshness
NSW government school intake zones — NSW Department of Education · current · Updated · Open catchment polygons where published
1 supermarkets · 1 fast food · 1 bakeries · 1 places of worship · 1 campgrounds
Local character & venue list
Local character
Reasonably walkable — many shops and services reachable on foot or by bus
Great for outdoor family life — 8 parks mapped in suburb
Well connected by public transport — 262 public transport stops
Walkability proxy
59/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.3
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.18
Food & drink(2)
Tanks BakeryBakery
Domino'sFast food
Shopping(2)
Hardware Rural and Garden YassHardware store
IGASupermarket
Community(2)
Yass High SchoolSchool
Yass High School Agriculture DepartmentSchool
Health & services(1)
Yass Veterinary HospitalVeterinary
Sport & outdoors(5)
Yass Bike ParkCycling route
Hattons Corner Nature ReserveNature reserve
Nature reserve
Henry Lawson ParkPark
Sports field
Camping & holiday parks(1)
Yass Caravan ParkCampground
Places to stay(2)
Hamilton Hume Motor InnMotel
Sundowner Motor InnMotel
Transport(7)
7 bus stops
Other(9)
Bench
Birds of Yass GorgeInformation
Welcome to Ngunnawal CountryInformation
Yass GorgeInformation
Parking
Parking Space
Yass Community Baptist ChurchPlace of worship
50 Laidlaw Street, Yass
Thomas Eccles GardensSocial Facility
TelstraTelephone
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.
Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)
Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000
Data sources & freshness
OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
Yass Community Baptist Church
50 Laidlaw Street, Yass
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
Usual max / min
27° / 12°
Rainfall
171 mm · ~21 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
Usual max / min
21° / 7°
Rainfall
169 mm · ~21 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
Usual max / min
12° / 1°
Rainfall
183 mm · ~23 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
Usual max / min
19° / 6°
Rainfall
212 mm · ~26 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)
Erection of a new structure; Supporting Development
2 POLDING STREET YASS 2582Under Assessment
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Recreation facility (indoor)
4 MACDONALD STREET YASS 2582Determined
Erection of a new structure; Swimming pool
8 GREEN STREET YASS 2582Additional Information Requested
August 2026
Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation
11 COEN STREET YASS 2582Additional Information Requested
Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Residential Accommodation
13 YARRAH DRIVE YASS 2582Determined
Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Residential Accommodation
15 YARRAH DRIVE YASS 2582Determined
Shed; Erection of a new structure; Supporting Development
12 SHORT STREET YASS 2582Determined
Erection of a new structure; Highway service centre; Car park; Electricity generating facility (solar and wind); Electric vehicle facility
1711 YASS VALLEY WAY YASS 2582On Exhibition
July 2026
Subdivision
52 GLEBE STREET YASS 2582Under Assessment
Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Residential Accommodation
47 MEEHAN STREET YASS 2582Determined
Industrial development; Erection of a new structure
15 INDUSTRIAL CLOSE YASS 2582Under Assessment
Shed; Erection of a new structure; Supporting Development
6 MERRIMAN DRIVE YASS 2582Determined
Subdivision
59 IRVINE DRIVE YASS 2582Determined
Commercial development; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Medical centre; Health Infrastructure
99 MEEHAN STREET YASS 2582Determined
Erection of a new structure; Swimming pool
10 DOBBIN DRIVE YASS 2582Determined
June 2026
Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure
433 HARDWICKE LANE YASS 2582Determined
Advertising and signage; Service station
10 INDUSTRIAL CLOSE YASS 2582Determined
Commercial development; Advertising and signage; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure
110 COMUR STREET YASS 2582Under Assessment
Shed; Erection of a new structure
4 RAVEN STREET YASS 2582Determined
Erection of a new structure; Balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah; Fences; Swimming pool
24 HARROW LANE YASS 2582Determined
Hotel or motel accommodation; Restaurant or cafe; Erection of a new structure
23 INDUSTRIAL CLOSE YASS 2582Under Assessment
Subdivision
YASS VALLEY WAY YASS 2582Under Assessment
Office Premise; Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia
13 ADELE STREET YASS 2582Determined
Secondary dwelling; Erection of a new structure
21 PRITCHETT STREET YASS 2582Under Assessment
Subdivision
4 FIFIELD LANE YASS 2582Under Assessment
Shed; Erection of a new structure
27 VICTORIA STREET YASS 2582Determined
May 2026
Dwelling house; Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia
94 ROSSI STREET YASS 2582Determined
Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation
26 COBHAM STREET YASS 2582Determined
April 2026
Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia; Residential Accommodation
48 MERRIMAN DRIVE YASS 2582Determined
Advertising and signage; Erection of a new structure; Service station
1717 YASS VALLEY WAY YASS 2582Determined
March 2026
Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure; Residential Accommodation
28 BROWNE STREET YASS 2582Determined
Erection of a new structure; Swimming pool
104 MEEHAN STREET YASS 2582Determined
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Residential Accommodation
45 CHURCH STREET YASS 2582Determined
Erection of a new structure; Carport; Supporting Development
92 ROSSI STREET YASS 2582Determined
Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure
23 YARRAH DRIVE YASS 2582Determined
February 2026
Dwelling house; Erection of a new structure
36 CADELL PLACE YASS 2582Determined
Shed; Erection of a new structure
4 PLUNKETT STREET YASS 2582Determined
Shed; Erection of a new structure
12 CADELL PLACE YASS 2582Determined
Erection of a new structure; Community facility
MERRIMAN DRIVE YASS 2582Withdrawn
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Shade structures of canvas, fabric, mesh or the like
20 MORT LANE YASS 2582Determined
2025· 5 proposals
December 2025
Demolition; Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Erection of a new structure; Skylights, roof windows and ventilators; Stairway; Residential Accommodation
31 LAIDLAW STREET YASS 2582Determined
Commercial development; Office Premise; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Vehicle repair station; Vehicle Sales or Hire Premises
Yass Junction Railway Station GroupMain Southern RailwaySHR
Yass Post Office101 Comur Street YassSHR
Yass Town Railway Station and yard groupYass Town Tramway, YassSHR
Yass Town rail bridge over Yass riverYass Town Tramway, YassSHR
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)
Heritage listings as established streetscape
Data sources & freshness
State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping. Flood cover uses NSW flood planning polygons against the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)
Bushfire and flood hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
Federal electorate
Riverina
Member of Parliament
Michael McCORMACK (The Nationals)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
128,537
Turnout (2025)
92.8%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-2.9 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 62.6%Labor 37.4%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 30.9 km away).
Coalition 46.3%Labor 53.7%
16.3 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -9.6 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
Yass NorthLabor 54.5% · Coalition 45.5% TPP (2025)1.4 km away
Yass CentralLabor 51.5% · Coalition 48.5% TPP (2025)1.9 km away
YassLabor 56.8% · Coalition 43.2% TPP (2025)3.1 km away
BowningLabor 43.5% · Coalition 56.5% TPP (2025)10.2 km away
MurrumbatemanLabor 57.8% · Coalition 42.2% TPP (2025)19.5 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)