Demographics

Description

Parkes is a suburb of Regional NSW, New South Wales and is about 293 kms west-northwest of NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the 2011 Australian census the population of Parkes was 11,265 when there were 5,770 Females and 5,495 Males living there. The median age for people living in Parkes was 37. Parkes is a town in New South Wales, Australia. It is the main settlement in the local government area of Parkes Shire. A rich variety of farming is conducted in the region immediately surrounding Parkes, although the staple farming products are wheat and wool.