About Parkes
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.