Armidale
29,652 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 7,809 km², 43 suburbs. Council website: armidaleregional.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
29,652
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.1% in a year
Density
3.8/km²
7,809 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$485k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$304
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.9 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
7 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
43
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 37
- Median household income
- $1,404/week
- Median rent
- $285/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,436/month
- Households renting
- 34.7%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
43 suburbs where Armidale holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale | 23,967 | All | $570kDec 2025 | – / 88% | 5 |
| Guyra | 2,003 | All | $385kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 2 |
| South Guyra | 385 | All | – / 10% | 1 | |
| Black Mountain (NSW) | 291 | All | $490kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Hillgrove (Armidale Regional - NSW) | 174 | All | $220kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Kellys Plains | 169 | 61% | $855kDec 2025 | – / 78% | 10 |
| Thalgarrah | 166 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Castle Doyle | 150 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Ebor | 149 | All | $420kDec 2023 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Ben Lomond (NSW) | 135 | 90% | – / 99% | 6 | |
| Aberfoyle | 121 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Dangarsleigh | 120 | All | – / 86% | 10 | |
| Wollomombi | 119 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Metz | 117 | All | – / 98% | 7 | |
| Wandsworth | 107 | 64% | – / 74% | 3 | |
| Llangothlin | 104 | All | – / 97% | 6 | |
| Dumaresq | 80 | 96% | – / 86% | 9 | |
| Boorolong | 71 | All | – / 99% | 9 | |
| Lower Creek | 66 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Wongwibinda | 62 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Baldersleigh | 55 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Bald Blair | 53 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Falconer | 52 | All | – / 99% | 6 | |
| Brockley | 51 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Tilbuster | 49 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Lyndhurst (Armidale Regional - NSW) | 41 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Puddledock | 41 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Tenterden (NSW) | 41 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Jeogla | 40 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Donald Creek | 39 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Brushy Creek | 37 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Enmore (Armidale Regional - NSW) | 34 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| New Valley | 32 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Wards Mistake | 27 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Backwater | 19 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Briarbrook | 19 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Kookabookra | 19 | 67% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Tubbamurra | 19 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Green Hills (Armidale Regional - NSW) | 16 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Oban | 7 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Carrai | All | – / 100% | |||
| Duval | All | – / 100% | |||
| The Gulf | 67% | – / 100% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 7 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $220k
- Median of suburb medians
- $490k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.1M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 2 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 2,491
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 402
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,476
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,397
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- New England · Barnaby JOYCE (NP)100%
State districts
- Northern Tablelands · Brendan Moylan (NAT)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.