Balranald
2,244 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 21,691 km², 7 suburbs. Council website: balranald.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
2,244
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.5% in a year
Density
0.1/km²
21,691 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$256k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$2,839
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
4 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
7
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
- 43
- Median household income
- $1,370/week
- Median rent
- $200/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,083/month
- Households renting
- 24.0%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 4 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 4 of 10
Suburbs
7 suburbs where Balranald holds most residents, plus 4 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balranald | 1,240 | All | $348kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 2 |
| Euston | 822 | 99% | $423kDec 2025 | – / 97% | 3 |
| Ivanhoe (NSW) | 261 | 8% | $63kDec 2024 | – / 98% | 1 |
| Kyalite | 87 | 38% | – / 99% | 7 | |
| Arumpo | 40 | 49% | 0% / 95% | 6 | |
| Oxley (Balranald - NSW) | 31 | All | – / 99% | 8 | |
| Clare (NSW) | 27 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Mossgiel | 26 | 14% | – / 38% | 7 | |
| Hatfield | 10 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Corrong | 3 | All | – / 98% | 8 | |
| Mungo | All | – / 72% |
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.
Flood planning land
0%
Over 1 of 11 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 2 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $348k
- Median of suburb medians
- $385k
- Highest suburb median
- $423k
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
- Farrer · Sussan LEY (LP)99%
- Parkes · Jamie CHAFFEY (NP)1%
State districts
- Murray · Helen Dalton (IND)99%
- Barwon · Roy Butler (IND)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, councils it splits a suburb with, and councils across the state or territory border whose boundaries meet it.
- Carrathoolshares suburbs
- Central Darling2 shared suburbs
- Hay
- Murray River1 shared suburb
- Wentworth2 shared suburbs
Across the border
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. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.