Coonamble
3,889 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 9,916 km², 20 suburbs. Council website: coonambleshire.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
3,889
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year
Density
0.4/km²
9,916 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$218k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,671
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
20
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
- 39
- Median household income
- $1,231/week
- Median rent
- $190/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $867/month
- Households renting
- 29.6%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 1 of 10
Suburbs
20 suburbs where Coonamble 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coonamble | 2,666 | All | $180kDec 2025 | – / 4% | 1 |
| Gulargambone | 528 | All | $187kDec 2025 | – / 9% | 1 |
| Carinda | 165 | 6% | – / 95% | 9 | |
| Quambone | 128 | All | – / 9% | 6 | |
| Gilgooma | 44 | All | – / 8% | 10 | |
| Bourbah | 42 | All | – / 21% | 10 | |
| Tooloon | 34 | All | – / 9% | 6 | |
| Billeroy | 31 | All | – / 4% | 10 | |
| Conimbia | 30 | All | – / 8% | 10 | |
| Combara | 28 | All | – / 12% | 7 | |
| Wingadee | 28 | All | – / 6% | 10 | |
| Teridgerie | 27 | All | – / 5% | 10 | |
| Magometon | 26 | All | – / <1% | 10 | |
| Mount Tenandra | 24 | All | – / 15% | 10 | |
| Gungalman | 19 | All | – / 12% | 10 | |
| Quanda | 19 | All | – / 3% | 10 | |
| Nebea | 18 | All | – / 5% | 10 | |
| Black Hollow | 11 | All | – / 36% | 10 | |
| Urawilkie | 5 | All | – / 63% | 10 | |
| Pine Grove (NSW) | 3 | All | – / 5% | 10 | |
| Macquarie Marshes | All | – / 17% | |||
| Warrumbungle | 45% | – / 99% |
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 2 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $180k
- Median of suburb medians
- $184k
- Highest suburb median
- $187k
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
- 4,035
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 822
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 4,569
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 9,772
- 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)100%
State districts
- Barwon · Roy Butler (IND)100%
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.