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Housing
barham
New South Wales · Census 2021
$450k
-3.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Barham is a leafy residential suburb of Murray River.
Median house price
People
Population
1,569
Median age
58 yrs
Income / person / wk
$571
Household income / wk
$995
Housing
Median rent / wk
$185
Mortgage / month
$1,148
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 37%
- Top language at home
- Indonesian · 1%
- No religion
- 37%
- Born overseas
- 8%
- English only at home
- 96%
Local amenities
Amenity score
41/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
3
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
8.5 km
Nearest train
30.1 km
Nearest hospital
7.9 km
Distance to coast
257 km
NBN
Satellite
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
3
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
7.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Murray River
- Council population
- 20,179
- Council area
- 11,863 km²
- Density
- 2/km²
- Federal grants
- $11.53M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $571/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Farrer
- Federal MP
- Sussan Ley (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 63% 2PP
- State electorate
- Murray
- State MP
- Helen Dalton (IND)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.