Forbes
9,301 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 4,710 km², 15 suburbs. Council website: forbes.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
9,301
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.2% in a year
Density
2.0/km²
4,710 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$440k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$827
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
5 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
15
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
- $1,259/week
- Median rent
- $230/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,283/month
- Households renting
- 26.9%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
15 suburbs where Forbes holds most residents, plus 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes (NSW) | 8,157 | All | $450kDec 2025 | 3% / 2% | 3 |
| Eugowra | 862 | 13% | $320kDec 2025 | 0% / 58% | 2 |
| Cookamidgera | 151 | 35% | $278kDec 2025 | 0% / 52% | 3 |
| Bedgerabong | 127 | All | 0% / 5% | 5 | |
| Warroo (NSW) | 123 | 93% | 0% / 17% | 9 | |
| Paytens Bridge | 109 | All | 0% / 1% | 9 | |
| Wirrinya | 92 | 86% | 0% / 32% | 8 | |
| Daroobalgie | 88 | All | 0% / 23% | 8 | |
| Gunning Gap | 88 | All | 0% / 6% | 7 | |
| Garema | 84 | All | 0% / 1% | 8 | |
| Jemalong | 82 | All | 0% / 10% | 9 | |
| Mandagery | 82 | 14% | – / 90% | 3 | |
| Corinella (NSW) | 72 | 85% | 0% / 11% | 9 | |
| Ootha | 44 | 90% | 0% / 36% | 4 | |
| Ooma | 41 | All | 0% / <1% | 9 | |
| Mulyandry | 38 | All | 0% / 8% | 9 | |
| Yarrabandai | 33 | 59% | 0% / 10% | 3 | |
| Mulguthrie | 19 | All | 0% / 3% | 4 |
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
2%
Over 17 of 18 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →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
- $450k
- Median of suburb medians
- $450k
- Highest suburb median
- $450k
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
- 1,355
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 537
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,704
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,858
- 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%
- Calare · Andrew GEE (IND)1%
State districts
- Orange · Philip Donato (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.