City profile
A quick snapshot of Yass Valley, drawn from official ABS estimates and the NSW Government's council data.
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- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
- Population (2023–24)
- 17,647ABS Estimated Resident Population, via OLG data.
- Area
- 3,995.0 km²
- Population density
- ~4 people per km²
- Region
- Southern Tablelands (Capital region), in the Canberra commuter belt
- Council classification
- Large Rural (OLG group 11)
- Main centres
- Yass, Murrumbateman, Sutton, Gundaroo, Binalong, Bowning, Bookham, Wee JasperYass sits on the Hume Highway with links to explorer Hamilton Hume; Murrumbateman anchors a growing wine district; Sutton, Gundaroo and Murrumbateman are in the Canberra commuter belt. A selection of localities is listed below.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Yass2582
- Murrumbateman2582
- Bowning2582
- Bookham2582
- Wee Jasper2582
- Good Hope2582
- Yass River2582
- Berremangra2582
- Binalong2584
- Gundaroo2620
- Sutton2620
- Wamboin2620
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
The suburb list and postcodes are a selection of the many localities in the Yass Valley LGA; many rural localities around Yass share the 2582 postcode, while Binalong (2584) and the south-eastern villages closer to Canberra (Gundaroo, Sutton, Wamboin) use 2620, which is shared with neighbouring areas. The shaded area on the map is the official Local Government Area boundary (OpenStreetMap administrative boundary for Yass Valley Council).
Sources — check it yourself
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.