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SEIFA in Waterloo (2017)

SEIFA index scores for Waterloo (2017) reflect the collective socio-economic profile of residents: their incomes, educational qualifications, occupational status, and the economic resources available to households in the area. The ABS publishes four SEIFA indexes; the one most commonly used in property research is the Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD).

2017

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA 2021 · SEIFA · Waterloo (NSW)

Waterloo sits in the 10th decile nationally for socio-economic advantage — highly advantaged, around the 91st percentile of Australian suburbs.

National ranking

Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)10th decile91st percentile · rank #13,143
Education & occupation (IEO)10th decile96th percentile · rank #13,814

Within NSW

IRSAD (NSW)9th decilerank #3,709 of NSW suburbs
IEO (NSW)10th decilerank #4,044 of NSW suburbs

Raw scores

IRSAD score1,074mean 1000 · sd 100
IEO score1,112mean 1000 · sd 100
Population16,379usual residents

ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0) · Released 27 Apr 2023 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

A rising SEIFA decile over successive Censuses is one of the clearest signals of gentrification. It captures the demographic shift in who lives in a suburb rather than just what they are paying for housing. If Waterloo has moved up a decile or more between the 2016 and 2021 Censuses, it is undergoing the kind of socio-economic transition that has historically accompanied above-average capital growth in Sydney.

SEIFA in nearby suburbs

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