Blue Mountains
79,236 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,431 km², 28 suburbs. Council website: bmcc.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
79,236
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.5% in a year
Density
55/km²
1,431 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$900k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$139
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.5 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
28
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
- 45
- Median household income
- $1,756/week
- Median rent
- $400/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,035/month
- Households renting
- 17.8%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Suburbs
28 suburbs where Blue Mountains holds most residents, plus 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springwood (NSW) | 8,423 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 94% | 9 |
| Katoomba | 8,268 | All | $868kDec 2025 | – / 83% | 4 |
| Blaxland (NSW) | 7,434 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 83% | 9 |
| Wentworth Falls | 6,428 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 87% | 8 |
| Winmalee | 6,388 | All | $995kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 9 |
| Glenbrook | 5,078 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 78% | 10 |
| Hazelbrook | 5,077 | All | $881kDec 2025 | – / 92% | 7 |
| Blackheath | 4,672 | All | $868kDec 2025 | – / 92% | 7 |
| Leura | 4,503 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 75% | 9 |
| Faulconbridge | 4,156 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 9 |
| Mount Riverview | 3,074 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 93% | 10 |
| Lawson (NSW) | 2,651 | All | $865kDec 2025 | – / 88% | 6 |
| Warrimoo | 2,452 | All | $990kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 10 |
| Woodford (NSW) | 1,953 | All | $870kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 8 |
| Bullaburra | 1,300 | All | $930kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 9 |
| Valley Heights | 1,188 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 92% | 10 |
| Yellow Rock (Blue Mountains - NSW) | 1,119 | All | $996kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 9 |
| Lapstone | 948 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 94% | 10 |
| Mount Victoria | 945 | All | $780kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 6 |
| Medlow Bath | 569 | All | $758kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 7 |
| Linden (NSW) | 471 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Hawkesbury Heights | 468 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Sun Valley (NSW) | 234 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Megalong Valley | 148 | 68% | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Berambing | 104 | 7% | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Mount Wilson | 81 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Mount Tomah | 68 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Bell (NSW) | 44 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Mount Irvine | 22 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Blue Mountains National Park | 45% | – / 98% |
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 25 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $758k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.0M
- Highest suburb median
- $1.6M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 14 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 202
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 44
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 925
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,439
- 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
- Macquarie · Susan TEMPLEMAN (ALP)100%
- Calare · Andrew GEE (IND)1%
- Hume · Angus TAYLOR (LP)1%
State districts
- Blue Mountains · Trish Doyle (ALP)100%
- Bathurst · Paul Toole (NAT)1%
- Hawkesbury · Robyn Preston (LIB)1%
- Wollondilly · Judy Hannan (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.