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New South Wales council

Clarence Valley

56,874 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 10,429 km², 153 suburbs. Council website: clarence.nsw.gov.au/Home.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

56,874

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.2% in a year

Density

5.5/km²

10,429 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$640k

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$261

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

4.3 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

3 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

153

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025
Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.
Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07
Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age
49
Median household income
$1,123/week
Median rent
$310/week
Median mortgage repayment
$1,378/month
Households renting
23.7%
Average household
2.3 people
Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
decile 3 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD)
decile 3 of 10

Suburbs

153 suburbs where Clarence Valley 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.

SuburbPopulationIn this councilMedian house (VG)Flood / bushfireIRSAD
Grafton10,563All$540kDec 202591% / 13%2
Yamba (NSW)6,405All$925kDec 202575% / 30%4
South Grafton6,288All$430kDec 202523% / 67%1
Maclean2,778All$683kDec 202564% / 63%1
Gulmarrad1,950All$975kDec 202530% / 98%4
Iluka (NSW)1,764All$808kDec 202533% / 68%1
Junction Hill1,547All$578kDec 202556% / 71%4
Waterview Heights1,364All$758kDec 20257% / 99%3
Glenugie1,298All$693kDec 20251% / 99%
Lawrence (NSW)1,159All$590kDec 202542% / 83%2
Coutts Crossing1,053All$560kDec 20250% / 99%1
Glenreagh1,005All$740kDec 20258% / 99%1
Townsend991All$645kDec 202548% / 72%1
Woombah965All$885kDec 20258% / 99%2
Ulmarra749All$585kDec 2025100% / 94%1
Clarenza602All$858kDec 202536% / 98%6
Wooli503All$818kDec 202516% / 94%1
Palmers Island482All$928kDec 202599% / 81%6
Wooloweyah419All$1.3MDec 202497% / 18%7
Seelands376All$1.2MDec 202515% / 96%4
Tucabia354All$570kDec 202547% / 98%1
Pillar Valley352All$738kDec 20254% / 100%2
Harwood346All$770kDec 202599% / 81%1
Copmanhurst344All$495kDec 20250% / 98%1
Elland331All$840kDec 20240% / 99%5
Ashby (NSW)316All$837kDec 202536% / 87%6
Lanitza313All$970kDec 20250% / 100%2
Woodford Island306All80% / 91%3
Ashby Heights292All$784kDec 202514% / 99%3
Rushforth285All$1.1MDec 20240% / 99%4
Braunstone284All$660kDec 20240% / 100%3
Brooms Head271All$1.4MDec 20250% / 99%5
Nymboida268All$485kDec 20250% / 100%1
James Creek257All$1.1MDec 202556% / 94%8
Halfway Creek24699%$594kDec 20250% / 100%2
Ilarwill233All$650kDec 202534% / 95%4
Eatonsville214All$593kDec 20250% / 100%3
Minnie Water212All$1.1MDec 20240% / 100%4
Wells Crossing212All$630kDec 20250% / 100%1
Mountain View (NSW)208All$710kDec 20256% / 98%4
Southgate198All$720kDec 202560% / 95%4
South Arm (Clarence Valley - NSW)196All$910kDec 202469% / 96%3
Angourie192All8% / 97%9
Tyndale190All$1.2MDec 202360% / 99%1
Carrs Creek186All96% / 99%2
Ramornie186All$655kDec 20250% / 100%2
Great Marlow184All$783kDec 202599% / 84%6
Brushgrove181All$426kDec 2025100% / 57%3
Kremnos181All$580kDec 2025<1% / 100%2
The Whiteman158All0% / 100%3
Whiteman Creek158All$775kDec 20250% / 100%3
Chatsworth (NSW)157All$1.1MDec 202499% / 93%3
Kungala145All$664kDec 20250% / 100%1
Jackadgery132All0% / 100%3
Dundurrabin121All$235kDec 20250% / 100%1
Hernani117All0% / 100%5
Mororo115All6% / 100%3
Palmers Channel115All97% / 98%3
Blaxlands Creek113All$500kDec 20250% / 100%2
Lower Southgate112All62% / 96%4
Tyringham109All$1.2MDec 20250% / 100%5
Swan Creek (NSW)106All95% / 96%2
Tullymorgan106All19% / 100%3
Kangaroo Creek102All0% / 100%2
Upper Copmanhurst99All0% / 100%1
Taloumbi96All36% / 100%3
Goodwood Island91All100% / 61%3
Waterview90All92% / 89%1
Cowper88All$680kDec 2025100% / 95%2
Calliope (NSW)87All100% / 100%2
The Pinnacles87All0% / 100%2
Alumy Creek86All99% / 100%7
Warragai Creek84All0% / 100%1
Billys Creek79All$475kDec 20250% / 100%1
Mylneford78All0% / 100%3
Shannondale76All0% / 100%5
Coaldale73All0% / 100%2
Trenayr71All40% / 92%2
Sherwood (Clarence Valley - NSW)68All<1% / 100%2
Coldstream (NSW)61All99% / 100%2
Jacky Bulbin Flat58All0% / 100%3
Gurranang57All0% / 100%1
Stockyard Creek (NSW)55All0% / 100%2
Ewingar53All0% / 100%2
Chambigne48All0% / 100%3
Levenstrath48All0% / 100%3
Upper Fine Flower46All0% / 100%4
Micalo Island45All100% / 86%6
Gilletts Ridge44All88% / 100%2
Lavadia43All66% / 96%2
Mookima Wybra43All0% / 100%2
Moleville Creek42All0% / 100%2
Dilkoon40All0% / 100%1
Fortis Creek38All0% / 100%2
Malabugilmah35All0% / 100%2
Southampton (NSW)33All28% / 100%6
Banyabba31All0% / 100%1
Koolkhan31All$625kDec 202331% / 72%2
Buccarumbi30All0% / 100%3
Shark Creek30All29% / 100%1
Warregah Island30All100% / 87%3
Winegrove28All0% / 100%1
Clifden27All0% / 100%1
Sandy Crossing26All0% / 100%
Fine Flower25All0% / 100%4
Calamia24All0% / 100%2
Moonpar21All0% / 100%1
Newton Boyd2167%0% / 100%3
Baryulgil20All0% / 100%2
Smiths Creek (Clarence Valley - NSW)20All0% / 100%1
Lilydale (NSW)19All0% / 100%1
Ashby Island18All100% / 80%6
Cangai17All0% / 100%4
Carrs Peninsula17All100% / 80%2
Bulldog15All0% / 100%2
Kyarran15All5% / 100%4
Lionsville14All0% / 100%2
Diggers Camp13All0% / 98%2
Barretts Creek12All0% / 100%4
Deep Creek (Clarence Valley - NSW)12All0% / 100%2
Carrs Island10All100% / 70%2
Louisa Creek10All0% / 100%2
Sandon (NSW)9All0% / 97%2
Heifer Station8All0% / 100%4
Marengo (NSW)8All0% / 100%5
Newbold8All0% / 100%1
Coombadjha7All0% / 100%4
Woody Head7All0% / 96%3
Dalmorton6All0% / 100%3
Pikapene5All0% / 100%2
Pulganbar5All0% / 100%4
The Freshwater5All33% / 96%3
Alice4All0% / 100%2
Carnham4All0% / 100%4
Eighteen Mile3All0% / 100%4
Punchbowl (Clarence Valley - NSW)3All0% / 100%2
Bom BomAll0% / 100%
BookramAll0% / 100%
ChaelundiAll0% / 100%
Clouds CreekAll0% / 100%
Collum CollumAll0% / 100%
CoongbarAll0% / 100%
Crowther IslandAll100% / 33%
DumbudgeryAll0% / 100%
Esk (NSW)39%– / 100%
Freeburn IslandAll99% / 45%
KeybarbinAll0% / 100%
Lake HiawathaAll0% / 32%
The Gulf33%– / 100%
The SandonAll0% / 98%
TowallumAll0% / 100%
Washpool (Clarence Valley - NSW)All0% / 100%
Wild Cattle CreekAll0% / 100%
Wombat Creek (NSW)All0% / 100%
YuraygirAll3% / 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.

Flood planning land

48%

Over 153 of 155 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Bushfire-prone land

64%

Over 155 of 155 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

6%

Over 155 of 155 member suburbs

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Suburb prices

Across the 55 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).

Lowest suburb median
$235k
Median of suburb medians
$720k
Highest suburb median
$1.4M

Recorded crime

Offences per 100,000 residents over the 5 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.

Break and enter
1,539
per 100k · NSW 2025
Motor vehicle theft
523
per 100k · NSW 2025
property_damage
2,442
per 100k · NSW 2025
Violent crime
4,662
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

  • Page · Kevin HOGAN (NP)100%
  • New England · Barnaby JOYCE (NP)1%

State districts

  • Clarence · Richie Williamson (NAT)100%
  • Northern Tablelands · Brendan Moylan (NAT)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.