Goonumbla vs Parkes

Goonumbla is the younger of the two, with a median age of 28 against 39 in Parkes. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Goonumbla, most households are couple families. On these figures, Goonumbla tends to suit couples, while Parkes suits older residents.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Parkes

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (32 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (8 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (6 vs 0)
  • But Goonumbla carries lower crime risk (72/100 vs 89/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Goonumbla

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (10% vs 21%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Parkes

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (354.6 km vs 391.7 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (293 min vs 321 min)
  • But Goonumbla is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Goonumbla is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
  • Parkes has more GPs (3 vs 0)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Parkes

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-0.7% vs -11.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Goonumbla and Parkes drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Goonumbla Parkes
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Goonumbla Parkes
Walkability 10 / 0
Goonumbla — Walkability: 10/100 Parkes — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 28 / 11
Goonumbla — Safety: 28/100 Parkes — Safety: 11/100
Low fire risk 86 / 53
Goonumbla — Low fire risk: 86/100 Parkes — Low fire risk: 53/100

Demographics

Parkes has more residents (11,324 vs 98); Parkes skews older (39 vs 28).

Goonumbla Parkes
Population 98 11,324
+11455% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -11.7% -0.7%
Median age 28 39
Median household income $71,448/yr $72,852/yr
+2% vs other
Median weekly rent $250/wk $260/wk
+4% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Goonumbla Parkes
0-4 6.1% / 6.5%
Goonumbla — 0-4: 6.1% Parkes — 0-4: 6.5%
5-14 14.3% / 14.2%
Goonumbla — 5-14: 14.3% Parkes — 5-14: 14.2%
15-19 14.3% / 6.2%
Goonumbla — 15-19: 14.3% Parkes — 15-19: 6.2%
20-24 3.1% / 6.0%
Goonumbla — 20-24: 3.1% Parkes — 20-24: 6.0%
25-34 17.3% / 11.8%
Goonumbla — 25-34: 17.3% Parkes — 25-34: 11.8%
35-44 8.2% / 11.2%
Goonumbla — 35-44: 8.2% Parkes — 35-44: 11.2%
45-54 13.3% / 11.6%
Goonumbla — 45-54: 13.3% Parkes — 45-54: 11.6%
55-64 9.2% / 12.5%
Goonumbla — 55-64: 9.2% Parkes — 55-64: 12.5%
65-74 9.2% / 10.1%
Goonumbla — 65-74: 9.2% Parkes — 65-74: 10.1%
75-84 — / 6.9%
Goonumbla — 75-84: not among its largest Parkes — 75-84: 6.9%
85+ — / 3.0%
Goonumbla — 85+: not among its largest Parkes — 85+: 3.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Goonumbla 55.6% couple families
Goonumbla — Couple Families: 55.6% Goonumbla — Lone Person: 44.4% Goonumbla — One Parent Families: 0.0% Goonumbla — Group Household: 0.0% Goonumbla — Other Families: 0.0%
Parkes 35.8% couple families
Parkes — Couple Families: 35.8% Parkes — Lone Person: 41.7% Parkes — One Parent Families: 17.8% Parkes — Group Household: 3.4% Parkes — Other Families: 1.2%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Goonumbla 21.7% renting
Goonumbla — Owned Outright: 43.5% Goonumbla — Mortgage: 34.8% Goonumbla — Renting: 21.7%
Parkes 30.4% renting
Parkes — Owned Outright: 35.3% Parkes — Mortgage: 34.3% Parkes — Renting: 30.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Goonumbla 100.0% houses
Goonumbla — Houses: 100.0% Goonumbla — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Goonumbla — Townhouses: 0.0%
Parkes 88.3% houses
Parkes — Houses: 88.3% Parkes — Flats / Apartments: 7.8% Parkes — Townhouses: 3.9%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Goonumbla Parkes
Certificate III & IV 16.3% / 17.8%
Goonumbla — Certificate III & IV: 16.3% Parkes — Certificate III & IV: 17.8%
Bachelor Degree 6.1% / 6.8%
Goonumbla — Bachelor Degree: 6.1% Parkes — Bachelor Degree: 6.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4.1% / 5.4%
Goonumbla — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.1% Parkes — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.4%
Postgraduate Degree 4.1% / 1.4%
Goonumbla — Postgraduate Degree: 4.1% Parkes — Postgraduate Degree: 1.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.1%
Goonumbla — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Parkes — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.8%).

Property market

Goonumbla Parkes
Median house price — $470,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $270,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 40 days
from 94 sales

Zoning mix

Goonumbla has more rural and farming land (100% vs 78%); Parkes has more land zoned for conservation (12% vs 0%).

Goonumbla Parkes
Rural and farming 100% 78%
Environmental 0% 12%
Other and special use 0% 5%
Residential 0% 3%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Goonumbla Parkes
New dwellings approved 15
across Parkes
same for both
Approvals change year on year -100%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Goonumbla Parkes
Houses — 4.7%
$450/wk on $495K
Units — 3.6%
$245/wk on $350K

Ranking within NSW

Goonumbla Parkes
House price — Higher than 14% of NSW
Income Higher than 35% of NSW Higher than 39% of NSW
Schools — Higher than 83% of NSW
Walkability Higher than 58% of NSW Higher than 15% of NSW
Affordability — Higher than 88% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 12% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 27% of NSW Higher than 74% of NSW
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 94% of NSW
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 14% of NSW

Liveability

Goonumbla is more walkable (10 vs 0).

Goonumbla Parkes
Grade — C
Score — 32/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Parkes carries more bushfire risk (47 vs 14); Parkes carries more crime risk (89 vs 72).

Goonumbla Parkes
Bushfire Low
14/100
 Moderate
47/100
Crime High
72/100
 High
89/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Goonumbla Parkes
Inside the suburb 0 6
Rated above peers 0 3
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Goonumbla

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Parkes

  • Holy Family Parish School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Middleton Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Parkes Public School Government · Primary above peers
  • Parkes Christian School Independent · Combined at peers
  • Parkes East Public School Government · Primary at peers
  • Parkes High School Government · Secondary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Goonumbla Parkes
Supermarkets 0 4
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 0 32
Childcare 0 8
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 3
Hospitals 0 2
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 5
Fuel stations 0 5
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 19 60

Mobility

Goonumbla sits further from the CBD (391.7 km vs 354.6 km).

Goonumbla Parkes
Walkability score 10/100 0/100
Distance to Sydney 391.7 km
+9% vs other
 354.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 321 min 293 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 2870
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 53
postcode 2870
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Goonumbla Parkes
Car (driver) 35.3% / 78.9%
Goonumbla — Car (driver): 35.3% Parkes — Car (driver): 78.9%
Worked from Home 35.3% / 9.4%
Goonumbla — Worked from Home: 35.3% Parkes — Worked from Home: 9.4%
Walked Only 19.6% / 4.4%
Goonumbla — Walked Only: 19.6% Parkes — Walked Only: 4.4%
Car (passenger) 9.8% / 6.8%
Goonumbla — Car (passenger): 9.8% Parkes — Car (passenger): 6.8%
Bicycle — / 0.3%
Goonumbla — Bicycle: not among its largest Parkes — Bicycle: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.9%).

Setting

Goonumbla Parkes
Elevation 284 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 342 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Goonumbla Parkes
Connectivity score 18/100 66/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
22 premises
 43%
6,149 premises

Climate

Goonumbla Parkes
Annual rainfall 587 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 33.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 5.5°C
same for both

Council rates

Goonumbla Parkes
Average residential rate $1,146/yr
same for both
Council Parkes
same for both

Federal electorate

Goonumbla Parkes
Division Parkes
same for both
Member Jamie Chaffey
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Goonumbla Parkes
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Goonumbla

River Rural

Parkes

Affordable Rural

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