Living in Armidale

In Armidale, the median rent tenants pay is €798 a month (2021) and unemployment is 4% (2026).

The city covered 274.6 km² in 2021. Armidale is in Australia; its population was 23,967 in August 2021. Median personal income was A$730 per week in August 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-079 sources

Population23,967people10 Aug 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia

Median gross salary (region)1,963EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · www.abs.gov.au

Median rent797.9EUR/month31 Dec 2021Official source · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02

Unemployment rate4%country median 4.5% — 11% belowIndependent source · DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026

PM2.5, annual mean8.6µg/m³country median 6.0 — 43% aboveOfficial source · NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables

Lower unemployment than 66% of Australian cities that publish it and dirtier air than 89% of Australian cities that publish it.

Which Australia-wide rules apply when you move to Armidale?

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Housing and cost

Median rent was A$290 per week, and median monthly mortgage repayment was A$1,500 in August 2021.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€70

Mobile plan, 10 GB€46

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	69.92 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telstra nbn100⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	45.79 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Telstra Upfront Basic⁶Official · national market
Dwellings	9,828 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Main residence dwellings	8,785 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median weekly rent (AUD)	290 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median monthly rent	797.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02¹Official
Median monthly rent (whole dwelling)	797.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02¹Official

Is Armidale a good place to live?

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–60%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–71%

Student43%strong on education, weak on safety · range 35–51%

Family65%strong on family, weak on safety · range 56–74%

Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–66%

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 4% in March 2026. Median household income was A$1,432 per week in August 2021.

What is the unemployment rate in Armidale?

The unemployment rate is 4 % (March 2026). Source: DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026⁹

Unemployment across cities in AustraliaUnemployment in Armidale is 4.0%. Of 100 cities with data, 32 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Armidale 4.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in full-time employment	5,908 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Employment rate	52.8 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median household income (AUD/week)	1,432 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median personal income (AUD/week)	730 AUD/week	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,963 EUR/month	31 Dec 2021	www.abs.gov.au⁸Official
Unemployment rate	4 %country median 4.5%	31 Mar 2026	DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026⁹Independent

What does a salary buy in Armidale?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

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Rent
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Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	outside the model's range
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2021 Census General Community Profile, SUA, G02 · 2021-12-31	− €798
Internet€70 · official · Telstra nbn100 · 2026-07-31	− €70
Mobile plan€46 · official · Telstra Upfront Basic · 2026-07-31	− €46
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	—

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Public employment service

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Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People who speak a language other than English at home	11.69 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Armidale?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables²

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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27°13°

26°13°

24°11°

21°7°

17°3°

14°1°

13°0°

15°0°

18°3°

22°6°

24°10°

26°12°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

102

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.58.6WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in AustraliaAnnual PM2.5 in Armidale is 8.6 µg/m³. Of 37 cities with data, 12 have annual PM2.5 of 5 to under 6 µg/m³.

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Armidale 8.6

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.6 µg/m³country median 6.0	31 Dec 2023	NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 27.2 · Feb 25.9 · Mar 23.9 · Apr 20.7 · May 16.8 · Jun 13.7 · Jul 13.2 · Aug 15.1 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 21.5 · Nov 23.7 · Dec 25.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 13.4 · Feb 13 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 6.8 · May 3 · Jun 1.3 · Jul -0.1 · Aug 0 · Sep 3 · Oct 6.3 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 11.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 20.3 · Feb 19.4 · Mar 17.4 · Apr 13.7 · May 9.9 · Jun 7.5 · Jul 6.6 · Aug 7.5 · Sep 10.8 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 16.6 · Dec 18.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 102 · Feb 96 · Mar 59.7 · Apr 33.3 · May 33.6 · Jun 41 · Jul 37 · Aug 40.6 · Sep 45.3 · Oct 66.1 · Nov 89.4 · Dec 95.7 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY)⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Christchurch (New Zealand) ±2.3 °C, Ventura (United States) ±6.3 °C, Downey (United States) ±7.9 °C, Lower Hutt (New Zealand) ±4.1 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±8.3 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Armidale?

The published population was 23,967 people in August 2021. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport83.6%
Foreign residents16.4%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	274.6 km²	31 Dec 2021	Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA.³Official
Foreign-resident share	16.44 %	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Foreign residents	3,939 people	31 Dec 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Population density	88.99 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation.⁴Official
Female residents	12,607 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Male residents	11,358 people	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Population	23,967 people	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Population over time25 published observations, 2001–2025

22,203

23,029

23,854

24,680

24,436200120052011201520212025

Population rose 6.4% between 2001 and 2025, from 22,969 to 24,436.

International community in Armidale

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G09 PERSONS total across age groups and sex · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	23,967	100.0%
Australia	17,731	74.0%
Country of birth not stated	2,297	9.6%
Iraq	577	2.4%
Born elsewhere(d)	497	2.1%
England	484	2.0%
India	266	1.1%
Nepal	262	1.1%
New Zealand	235	1.0%
Philippines	160	0.7%
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)(c)	137	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	135	0.6%
South Africa	104	0.4%
Bangladesh	101	0.4%
Sri Lanka	96	0.4%
Scotland	86	0.4%
Vietnam	74	0.3%
Germany	72	0.3%
Canada	71	0.3%
Netherlands	51	0.2%
Iran	44	0.2%
Malaysia	38	0.2%
Pakistan	35	0.1%
Zimbabwe	32	0.1%
Papua New Guinea	28	0.1%
Thailand	28	0.1%
France	27	0.1%
Japan	26	0.1%
Brazil	25	0.1%
Fiji	25	0.1%
Hong Kong (SAR of China)(c)	23	0.1%
Indonesia	23	0.1%
Ireland	23	0.1%
Wales	19	0.1%
Italy	18	0.1%
Chile	15	0.1%
Taiwan	15	0.1%
Korea, Republic of (South)	14	0.1%
Myanmar	14	0.1%
Poland	12	0.1%
Turkey	12	0.1%
Singapore	11	0.0%
Greece	8	0.0%
Samoa	8	0.0%
Lebanon	7	0.0%
Croatia	5	0.0%
Afghanistan	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Mauritius	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Country of birth

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	23,967	100.0%
Australia	17,731	74.0%
Elsewhere (excludes country of birth not stated)	3,937	16.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Citizenship

Persons usually resident in the ABS Significant Urban Area; 2021 Census G01 total persons denominator · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total persons	23,967	100.0%
Australian citizen	19,394	80.9%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	16.43 %	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Households	8,785 households	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Labour force participation rate	56 %	31 Dec 2021	Australian Bureau of Statistics¹Official
Median age	36 years	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official
Median monthly mortgage repayment (AUD)	1,500 AUD/month	10 Aug 2021	2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Armidale

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Darwin as an Armidale alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 127,215 Darwin vs 23,967 Armidale+431%
Median gross pay, region: €3,017 Darwin vs €1,963 Armidale+54%
Foreign residents: 37.4% Darwin vs 16.4% Armidale+128%
Unemployment: 3.3% Darwin vs 4.0% Armidale−18%

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Armidale in rankings

#10 of 30 in Cheapest cities to rent in Australia #24 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Australia #29 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Australia

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Armidale?

The published population was 23,967 people in August 2021. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, Australia.

Is the air quality good in Armidale?

What is the unemployment rate in Armidale?

The unemployment rate is 4 % (March 2026). Source: DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026.

What is the typical salary around Armidale?

The median gross salary is 1,963 EUR/month. Source: www.abs.gov.au.

How many foreign residents live in Armidale?

3,939 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia.

Is Armidale a good place to live?

Armidale may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Australia live in Armidale?

The official country of birth distribution records 17,731 people (74.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks — Significant Urban Areas, Australia 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks · abs.gov.au · checked 2026-09-25
NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 — Appendix 2 Ambient Air Quality PM2.5 tables NEPC Annual Report 2023–2024 · dcceew.gov.au · checked 2026-07-29
Official ASGS2016 SUA area from ABS ArcGIS attributes, area albers sqkm. Exact queue geography; not GCCSA or LGA. geo.abs.gov.au · checked 2016-07-01
Reproducible exact-ASGS2016-SUA density: ABS ERP at 30 June 2021 divided by ABS ASGS2016 SUA area. Existing local population baseline is only a recovered cross-check; no GCCSA/LGA observation. abs.gov.au · checked 2021-06-30
Telstra nbn100 telstra.com.au · checked 2026-09-15
Telstra Upfront Basic telstra.com.au · checked 2026-09-15
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
www.abs.gov.au abs.gov.au · checked 2026-08-27
DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026 DEWR · dewr.gov.au · checked 2026-07-26

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