Rankins Springs
Rankins Springs | |
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Mid-Western Highway passing through Rankins Springs | |
Rankins Springs | |
| Coordinates: 33°50′0″S 146°15′0″E / 33.83333°S 146.25000°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| LGA | |
| Location |
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| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 221 m (725 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 208 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 2669 |
| County | Cooper |
Rankins Springs is a village in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia in Carrathool Shire and on the Mid-Western Highway. At the 2011 census, Rankins Springs had a population of 299 residents living in 145 private dwellings. This dropped to 174 in 2016, but rebounded to 208 in 2021. The settlement is strung out along the Mid-Western Highway and adjacent railway line. The main agricultural activities of the district around Rankins Springs are the growing of crops such as wheat and oats, and beef-cattle .