Edward River
8,501 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 8,883 km², 21 suburbs. Council website: edwardriver.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
8,501
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.1% in a year
Density
1.0/km²
8,883 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$345k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$908
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.2 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
4 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
21
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
- 46
- Median household income
- $1,240/week
- Median rent
- $220/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,083/month
- Households renting
- 24.8%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 4 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
21 suburbs where Edward River holds most residents, plus 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deniliquin | 7,432 | 98% | $363kDec 2025 | – / 97% | 3 |
| Moulamein | 489 | 7% | $215kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Blighty | 192 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Mayrung | 171 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Conargo | 117 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Warragoon | 98 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Wanganella | 61 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Birganbigil | 59 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Pretty Pine | 59 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Stud Park | 54 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Myrtle Park | 51 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Morago | 50 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Lindifferon | 47 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Logie Brae | 47 | 34% | – / 45% | 9 | |
| Coree | 43 | 33% | – / 68% | 10 | |
| Pine Lodge (NSW) | 38 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Booroorban | 36 | 85% | – / 61% | 7 | |
| Wandook | 36 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Hartwood | 26 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Tuppal | 19 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Barratta (NSW) | 12 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Moonbria | 8 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Four Corners | 29% | – / 29% | |||
| Steam Plains | All | – / 93% | |||
| Willurah | All | – / 100% |
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 1 member suburb with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $363k
- Median of suburb medians
- $363k
- Highest suburb median
- $363k
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
- 1,140
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 223
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,667
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,714
- 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
- Farrer · Sussan LEY (LP)100%
State districts
- Murray · Helen Dalton (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.