Yellow Rock Ridge, New South Wales (Shellharbour)


Yellow Rock Ridge
Yellow Rock Ridge
Interactive map of Yellow Rock Ridge
Coordinates: 34°35′52.8″S 150°43′51.6″E / 34.598000°S 150.731000°E / -34.598000; 150.731000
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
CityWollongong
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total226 (SAL 2021)[2]
Postcode
2527

Yellow Rock Ridge is a suburb of Wollongong in the City of Shellharbour in New South Wales, Australia.[3]

On 1 March 2024 the name was changed from "Yellow Rock" to "Yellow Rock Ridge" to avoid confusion with a village of the same name.[4]

At the 2016 census the population of Yellow Rock Ridge was 206.[5] It had grown to 226 at the 2021 census 226.[6]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yellow Rock (Shellharbour - NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yellow Rock (Shellharbour - NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. ^ "Yellow Rock". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. New South Wales Government. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Yellow Rock Ridge". kiama.nsw.gov.au. 4 March 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. ^ "2016 Yellow Rock (Shellharbour – NSW), Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  6. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yellow Rock Ridge (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 July 2024.