Griffith
27,458 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,639 km², 16 suburbs. Council website: griffith.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
27,458
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.1% in a year
Density
17/km²
1,639 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$560k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$292
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.8 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
16
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
- 37
- Median household income
- $1,738/week
- Median rent
- $290/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,473/month
- Households renting
- 32.3%
- Average household
- 2.7 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
16 suburbs where Griffith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith (NSW) | 19,505 | All | $610kDec 2025 | – / 38% | 3 |
| Yenda (NSW) | 1,564 | All | $490kDec 2025 | – / 62% | 4 |
| Hanwood | 1,388 | All | $630kDec 2025 | – / 46% | 5 |
| Yoogali | 1,334 | All | $720kDec 2025 | – / 43% | 7 |
| Lake Wyangan | 877 | All | $864kDec 2025 | – / 40% | 8 |
| Bilbul | 586 | All | $500kDec 2025 | – / 70% | 7 |
| Tharbogang | 452 | All | $325kDec 2025 | – / 81% | 6 |
| Beelbangera | 358 | All | $573kDec 2025 | – / 86% | 6 |
| Nericon | 278 | All | $430kDec 2025 | – / 46% | 6 |
| Myall Park (NSW) | 226 | 85% | – / 44% | 9 | |
| Benerembah | 140 | 85% | – / 56% | 7 | |
| Willbriggie | 127 | 90% | – / 76% | 7 | |
| Warrawidgee | 110 | All | – / 35% | 5 | |
| Widgelli | 91 | All | – / 95% | 7 | |
| Warburn | 62 | All | – / 90% | 5 | |
| Kooba | 39 | All | – / 76% | 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 9 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $325k
- Median of suburb medians
- $573k
- Highest suburb median
- $864k
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
- 1,112
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 255
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,164
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,222
- 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.