Bland
5,455 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 8,558 km², 15 suburbs. Council website: blandshire.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
5,455
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.2% in a year
Density
0.6/km²
8,558 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$278k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$2,002
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.1 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
6 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
15
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
- $1,326/week
- Median rent
- $200/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,083/month
- Households renting
- 18.0%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 6 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 7 of 10
Suburbs
15 suburbs where Bland holds most residents, plus 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Wyalong | 3,037 | All | $390kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 4 |
| Wyalong | 620 | All | $311kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Ardlethan | 472 | 7% | $180kDec 2025 | – / 66% | 1 |
| Barellan | 459 | 9% | $230kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Ariah Park | 439 | 9% | $300kDec 2025 | – / 36% | 2 |
| Barmedman | 404 | 93% | $217kDec 2025 | – / 87% | 2 |
| Ungarie | 396 | 82% | $170kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Weethalle | 268 | All | $180kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Rankins Springs | 208 | 14% | $120kDec 2025 | – / 53% | 6 |
| Tallimba | 185 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Quandialla | 163 | 6% | $138kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Beckom | 123 | 16% | – / 44% | 5 | |
| Kamarah | 83 | 20% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Mirrool | 79 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| North Yalgogrin | 77 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Naradhan | 63 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Bland | 61 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Alleena | 60 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Kikoira | 60 | All | – / 99% | 9 | |
| Back Creek (Bland - NSW) | 54 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Girral | 53 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Lake Cowal | 43 | All | – / 76% | 7 | |
| Morangarell | 34 | 8% | – / 24% | 7 |
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 5 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $170k
- Median of suburb medians
- $217k
- Highest suburb median
- $390k
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 1 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 877
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 511
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,490
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,066
- 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
- Parkes · Jamie CHAFFEY (NP)97%
- Riverina · Michael McCORMACK (NP)2%
- Farrer · Sussan LEY (LP)2%
State districts
- Cootamundra · Steph Cooke (NAT)100%
- Murray · Helen Dalton (IND)1%
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.