Turvey Park NSW — Suburb Profile

Population, median income, rent prices, housing costs and demographics for Turvey Park, New South Wales. ABS Census 2021.

The population of Turvey Park NSW is 3,572 according to the 2021 Census. The median personal income in Turvey Park is $912 per week ($47,424 per year). Median rent in Turvey Park is $338 per week ($1,465 per month). Turvey Park has a median age of 35 years, younger than the national median of 38. Turvey Park has a population density of 953.1 people per km².

The most common overseas birthplace in Turvey Park is England. The most common religion is No Religion (38% of residents). After English, the most spoken language is Other. The median monthly mortgage repayment in Turvey Park is $1,517.

There were 70 recorded offences in Turvey Park in 2025-26, a rate of 20 offences per 1,000 people. The most common offence category was theft (29 offences).

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Turvey Park Population

0
residents (Census 2021)

Turvey Park Median Income & Rent

💰
Median Income
$912/wk
$47,424 per year
#1994 of 14,663
🏠
Median Rent
$338/wk
$1,465 per month
#3727 of 14,663
👤
Median Age
35years
3 years younger than national median
🏡
Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg household size: 2.5 · 0.8 per bedroom

Turvey Park Demographics

Gender Split

Male 48.0% (1,712) Female 52.0% (1,856)

Population Density

953.1
people per km²
3,572 people · 3.7 km²

Households

2.5
Avg household size
0.8
Persons per bedroom
$2,216
Family income/wk

Turvey Park Age Distribution

0-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75-79
80-84
85+
♂ Male ♀ Female

Source: ABS Census 2021 — Suburb & Locality (SAL)

Turvey Park Housing Tenure

🏠
Owned outright
46.6% 438 dwellings
🏦
Owned with mortgage
53.4% 502 dwellings

Source: ABS Census 2021 — Suburb & Locality (SAL)

Turvey Park Country of Birth

Australia
95.2%
England
1.8%
India
1.5%
Afghanistan
0.7%
China
0.6%
Iran
0.2%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G09 — Country of Birth by SAL

Turvey Park Religion

No Religion
37.8%
Catholic
30.1%
Anglican
13.2%
Not stated
4.7%
Christinty Prsbytrin Refrmd
4.4%
Other Religions Tot
3.6%
Othr Reln Other reln groups
3.3%
Uniting Church
3.0%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G14 — Religion by SAL

Turvey Park Education Level

Year 12 or equivalent
64.9%
Year 10 or equivalent
22.8%
Year 11 or equivalent
6.9%
Year 9 or equivalent
5.4%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G16 — Highest Year of School by SAL

Turvey Park Languages Spoken at Home

Other
64.7%
Mandarin
10.0%
Urdu
5.3%
Hindi
4.7%
Tamil
4.7%
IAL Punjabi
4.0%
Australian Indigenous
3.3%
Malayalam
3.3%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G13 — Language Spoken at Home by SAL

Turvey Park Employment

💼
Employed full-time
44.2% 1,183 people
Employed part-time
23.2% 620 people
🔍
Unemployed
3.1% 82 people
🏠
Not in labour force
29.5% 790 people

Source: ABS Census 2021 G46 — Labour Force Status by SAL

Turvey Park Qualifications

Bachelor Degree
34.2%
Certificate III/IV
33.1%
Advanced Diploma/Diploma
14.5%
Postgraduate Degree
10.0%
Graduate Diploma/Certificate
5.7%
Certificate I/II
2.5%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G49 — Non-School Qualification by SAL

Turvey Park Occupation

Professionals
38.8%
Technicians & Trade Workers
14.2%
Community & Personal Service
13.2%
Managers
12.3%
Clerical & Administrative
10.9%
Labourers
4.5%
Sales Workers
4.1%
Machinery Operators & Drivers
2.0%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G51 — Industry of Employment by Occupation

Turvey Park Field of Study

Management & Commerce
17.7%
Health
16.8%
Education
15.2%
Society & Culture
12.7%
Engineering
11.5%
Architecture & Building
7.8%
Food, Hospitality & Personal Services
5.3%
Creative Arts
4.1%
Agriculture & Environment
3.7%
Natural & Physical Sciences
3.3%
Information Technology
1.9%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G51 — Field of Study by SAL

Turvey Park Dwelling Types

Separate house
96.4%
Semi-detached (1 storey)
3.6%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G36 — Dwelling Structure by SAL

Turvey Park Weekly Household Income

Nil/Negative/wk
1.3%
$1-$149/wk
0.7%
$150-$299/wk
2.0%
$300-$399/wk
1.9%
$400-$499/wk
5.0%
$500-$649/wk
4.0%
$650-$799/wk
5.1%
$800-$999/wk
4.9%
$1,000-$1,249/wk
7.7%
$1,250-$1,499/wk
9.2%
$1,500-$1,749/wk
6.5%
$1,750-$1,999/wk
6.9%
$2,000-$2,499/wk
12.5%
$2,500-$2,999/wk
8.9%
$3,000-$3,499/wk
6.8%
$3,500-$3,999/wk
5.4%
$4,000+/wk
11.1%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G33 — Household Income by SAL

Turvey Park Marital Status

💍
Married
44.5% 1,279
↔️
Separated
3.1% 88
📋
Divorced
8.4% 241
🕊️
Widowed
4.6% 131
👤
Never married
39.4% 1,132

Source: ABS Census 2021 G05 — Marital Status by SAL

Turvey Park Ancestry

English
32.0%
Australian
25.8%
Irish
13.5%
Scottish
9.7%
Other
7.4%
German
4.0%
Aboriginal Australianralian
3.0%
Italian
1.5%
Dutch
1.1%
Chinese
0.8%
Indian
0.7%
Welsh
0.6%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G08 — Ancestry by SAL

Turvey Park School & University Attendance

Primary — Government
22.3%
Secondary — Government
19.1%
Vocational Education
16.5%
Pre-school
12.5%
Secondary — Catholic
10.9%
Primary — Catholic
10.4%
Primary — Other Non-Govt
4.8%
Secondary — Other Non-Govt
3.6%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G15 — Type of Educational Institution by SAL

Turvey Park Need for Assistance

Needs assistance
4.7% 321
No need for assistance
95.3% 6,572

Source: ABS Census 2021 G18 — Core Activity Need for Assistance by SAL

Turvey Park Volunteering

🤝
Volunteer
20.1% 557
Not a volunteer
79.9% 2,209

Source: ABS Census 2021 G23 — Voluntary Work by SAL

Turvey Park Monthly Mortgage Repayments

$0-$299/mo
1.7%
$300-$449/mo
0.9%
$450-$599/mo
2.2%
$600-$799/mo
3.0%
$800-$999/mo
5.6%
$1,000-$1,399/mo
25.0%
$1,400-$1,799/mo
31.5%
$1,800-$2,399/mo
16.8%
$2,400-$2,999/mo
6.5%
$3,000-$3,999/mo
6.9%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G38 — Mortgage Repayment by SAL

Turvey Park How People Get to Work

Car (driver)
75.4%
Did not go to work
10.5%
Car (passenger)
6.4%
Walked only
6.0%
Motorbike/Scooter
0.8%
Bicycle
0.6%
Bus
0.2%
Truck
0.2%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G62 — Method of Travel to Work by SAL

Turvey Park Car Ownership

0 vehicles
4.9%
1 vehicle
38.3%
2 vehicles
39.0%
3 vehicles
12.8%
4+ vehicles
5.0%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G34 — Motor Vehicles per Dwelling by SAL

Turvey Park Number of Bedrooms

1 bedroom
2.0%
2 bedrooms
14.1%
3 bedrooms
50.2%
4 bedrooms
28.4%
5 bedrooms
4.6%
6+ bedrooms
0.8%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G41 — Number of Bedrooms by SAL

Turvey Park Population Mobility

15.9%
moved in the last year
47.8%
moved in the last 5 years
4.1%
unemployment rate (Census)
69.0%
labour force participation

Source: ABS Census 2021 G43 — Summary by SAL

Turvey Park Indigenous Population

4.2%
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
290
Indigenous residents
6,657
Non-Indigenous residents

Source: ABS Census 2021 G07 — Indigenous Status by SAL

Turvey Park Long-term Health Conditions

Mental health
345
Asthma
165
Arthritis
104
Lung condition
76
Heart disease
75
Diabetes
69
Cancer
59
Kidney disease
27
Stroke
27
Dementia
9

Source: ABS Census 2021 G19 — Long-term Health Conditions by SAL

Turvey Park Personal Weekly Income Distribution

$0 or less/wk
7.7%
$1-$149/wk
4.8%
$150-$299/wk
6.2%
$300-$399/wk
2.8%
$400-$499/wk
2.8%
$500-$649/wk
2.7%
$650-$799/wk
9.0%
$800-$999/wk
12.0%
$1,000-$1,249/wk
13.0%
$1,250-$1,499/wk
9.4%
$1,500-$1,749/wk
8.5%
$1,750-$1,999/wk
6.9%
$2,000-$2,999/wk
9.9%
$3,000-$3,499/wk
1.7%
$3,500+/wk
2.6%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G17 — Personal Income by SAL

Turvey Park Family Structure

Couple — children under 15
44.2%
Couple — no children
27.0%
Couple — no children under 15
13.4%
One parent — children under 15
9.0%
One parent — no children under 15
6.5%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G29 — Family Composition by SAL

Turvey Park Military Service

🎖️
Current ADF — Regular
0.5% 15
🛡️
Current ADF — Reserves
0.1% 3
🏅
Previously served
2.7% 75
👤
Never served
96.6% 2,682

Source: ABS Census 2021 G22 — ADF Service by SAL

Turvey Park Unpaid Carers

🤲
Provided unpaid assistance
13.1% 361
Did not provide
86.9% 2,387

Source: ABS Census 2021 G25 — Unpaid Assistance by SAL

Turvey Park Children Ever Born

No children
37.3%
1 child
12.5%
2 children
23.8%
3 children
17.2%
4 children
6.2%
5+ children
3.0%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G28 — Children Ever Born by SAL

Turvey Park When Migrants Arrived

Before 1951
7
1951–1960
16
1961–1970
16
1971–1980
26
1981–1990
17
1991–2000
29
2001–2010
48
2011–2015
92
2016
48
2017
50
2018
11
2019
55
2020
30
2021
3

Source: ABS Census 2021 G10 — Year of Arrival by SAL

Turvey Park Unpaid Domestic Work

Less than 5 hours
24.2%
5–14 hours
32.2%
15–29 hours
14.5%
30+ hours
7.9%
Did not do domestic work
21.1%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G24 — Unpaid Domestic Work by SAL

Turvey Park Household Size

1 person
28.2%
2 persons
34.1%
3 persons
15.2%
4 persons
13.4%
5 persons
5.4%
6+ persons
3.7%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G35 — Household Size by SAL

Turvey Park Where Residents Moved From

Same address
2,861
Moved from NSW
326
Moved — same area (SA2)
134
Moved from VIC
26
Moved from QLD
17
Moved from overseas
16
Moved from ACT
13
Moved from SA
5

Source: ABS Census 2021 G44 — Address 1 Year Ago by SAL

Turvey Park Family Blending

Intact family — no other children
85.3%
Step family — no other children
7.7%
Blended family — no other children
5.0%
Intact family — other children present
1.2%
Blended family — other children present
0.7%

Source: ABS Census 2021 G31 — Family Blending by SAL

Turvey Park Crime Statistics

Reported offences in 2025-26 — 70 total

Theft
29
Other Against Property
9
Assault
6
Other Against Person
6
Property Damage
6
Sexual Offences
5
Drug Offences
4
Weapons
4
Traffic
1

Offence trend by year:

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Source: NSW BOCSAR — bocsar.nsw.gov.au

Turvey Park Schools

26
schools nearby
14
government
958
avg ICSEA score
8,303
total students
Lutheran School Wagga Wagga Independent
Primary · K-6 · 332 students
1120
ICSEA
Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges Limited Independent
Combined · K-12 · 198 students
1078
ICSEA
St Joseph's Primary School Catholic
Primary · K-6 · 166 students
1050
ICSEA
Sacred Heart Primary School Catholic
Primary · K-6 · 338 students
1033
ICSEA
Wagga Wagga Christian College Independent
Combined · K-12 · 563 students
1033
ICSEA
Henschke Primary School Catholic
Primary · K-6 · 603 students
1029
ICSEA
Kildare Catholic College Catholic
Secondary · 7-12 · 972 students
1028
ICSEA
South Wagga Public School Government
Primary · K-6 · 266 students
1027
ICSEA
Wagga Wagga Public School Government
Primary · K-6 · 440 students
1008
ICSEA
OneSchool Global NSW - Wagga Wagga Independent
Combined · 3-12 · 36 students
990
ICSEA
Sturt Public School Government
Primary · K-6 · 306 students
966
ICSEA
Wagga Wagga High School Government
Secondary · 7-12 · 818 students
960
ICSEA
Kooringal High School Government
Secondary · 7-12 · 839 students
959
ICSEA
Turvey Park Public School Government
Primary · K-6 · 283 students
944
ICSEA
Holy Trinity West Wagga Catholic
Primary · K-6 · 242 students
938
ICSEA

Showing 15 of 26 schools

Source: ACARA — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2025. ICSEA = Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (national average 1000).

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Turvey Park Rent Prices & Affordability

19%
of income
Affordable
Household Income $1,785/wk
Median Rent $338/wk
Rent-to-Income 18.9%

Rent is under 25% of household income — generally considered affordable.

If you earn X in Turvey Park

≈ $7,735/month
Median rent $338/wk
Left after rent $1,447/wk
Rent share 18.9%

Cheaper alternatives with similar incomes

Turvey Park vs State & National Average

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Frequently Asked Questions About Turvey Park

What is the population of Turvey Park NSW?

The population of Turvey Park NSW is 3,572 according to the ABS Census 2021.The suburb has a population density of 953.1 people per km².Turvey Park is ranked #2,112 out of 14,663 suburbs by population.

What is the median income in Turvey Park?

The median personal income in Turvey Park NSW is $912 per week, or $47,424 per year.The median household income is $1,785 per week.Family income is $2,216 per week.Turvey Park is ranked #1,994 by income out of 14,663 Australian suburbs.

How much is rent in Turvey Park?

Median rent in Turvey Park NSW is $338 per week ($1,465 per month).Rent represents 18.9% of household income, which is considered affordable.Turvey Park ranks #3,727 out of 14,663 suburbs by rent.

What are mortgage repayments in Turvey Park?

The median monthly mortgage repayment in Turvey Park NSW is $1,517. This data comes from the ABS Census 2021 and reflects mortgage repayments for owner-occupied dwellings.

What is the median age in Turvey Park?

The median age in Turvey Park NSW is 35 years.This is younger than the national median age of 38 years.

Is Turvey Park a good suburb to live in?

Turvey Park is a suburb in New South Wales with a population of 3,572.The median income is $912/wk, which is above the NSW average of $781/wk.Rent affordability is rated as affordable (18.9% of household income). See the full suburb profile above for detailed statistics.

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Data: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021. SA2 area: 14001. All dollar figures in AUD.