Central Darling
1,773 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 53,492 km², 7 suburbs. Council website: centraldarling.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
1,773
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.2% in a year
Density
<0.1/km²
53,492 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$85k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$5,018
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
1 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
- 42
- Median household income
- $988/week
- Median rent
- $153/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $650/month
- Households renting
- 36.7%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 1 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 1 of 10
Suburbs
7 suburbs where Central Darling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcannia | 735 | All | $93kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Menindee | 537 | All | $170kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 1 |
| Ivanhoe (NSW) | 261 | 92% | $63kDec 2024 | – / 98% | 1 |
| White Cliffs | 156 | 80% | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Tilpa | 46 | 65% | – / 44% | 7 | |
| Sunset Strip (NSW) | 42 | All | $130kDec 2025 | – / 71% | 4 |
| Mossgiel | 26 | 48% | – / 38% | 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 4 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $63k
- Median of suburb medians
- $111k
- Highest suburb median
- $170k
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)99%
- Farrer · Sussan LEY (LP)1%
State districts
- Barwon · Roy Butler (IND)99%
- 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. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.