Gunnedah
13,502 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 4,987 km², 17 suburbs. Council website: gunnedah.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
13,502
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.7% in a year
Density
2.7/km²
4,987 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$460k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$481
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.9 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
17
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
- $1,557/week
- Median rent
- $300/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,476/month
- Households renting
- 28.6%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 4 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
17 suburbs where Gunnedah 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnedah | 10,359 | All | $547kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 3 |
| Curlewis (NSW) | 779 | All | $385kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 2 |
| Carroll | 305 | All | $285kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Tambar Springs | 273 | 57% | $140kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Spring Ridge | 266 | 10% | $260kDec 2025 | – / 93% | 6 |
| Kelvin | 182 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Mullaley | 174 | All | $210kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Emerald Hill | 137 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Piallaway | 128 | 83% | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Premer | 126 | 9% | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Breeza | 124 | All | $203kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Marys Mount | 99 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Ghoolendaadi | 85 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Blue Vale | 81 | All | – / 96% | 9 | |
| Milroy (Gunnedah - NSW) | 72 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Orange Grove (NSW) | 60 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Willala | 55 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Rangari | 42 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Wean | 34 | 45% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Keepit | 16 | All | – / 53% | 8 |
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 6 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $140k
- Median of suburb medians
- $248k
- Highest suburb median
- $547k
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
- 2,171
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 557
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 3,009
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,900
- 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%
- New England · Barnaby JOYCE (NP)1%
State districts
- Tamworth · Kevin Anderson (NAT)99%
- Barwon · Roy Butler (IND)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.