Yellow Rock Ridge, New South Wales (Shellharbour)


Yellow Rock Ridge
Yellow Rock Ridge is located in New South Wales
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.