Hawkesbury
69,299 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 2,775 km², 61 suburbs. Council website: hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
69,299
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year
Density
25/km²
2,775 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$990k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$79
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
6.8 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
61
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
- $1,980/week
- Median rent
- $400/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,200/month
- Households renting
- 24.0%
- Average household
- 2.8 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
61 suburbs where Hawkesbury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Richmond | 6,358 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 83% | 7 |
| Bligh Park | 6,220 | All | $995kDec 2025 | – / 17% | 5 |
| South Windsor | 5,948 | All | $928kDec 2025 | – / 56% | 2 |
| Richmond (NSW) | 5,418 | All | $981kDec 2025 | – / 63% | 4 |
| Pitt Town | 3,871 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 68% | 10 |
| Kurrajong | 3,113 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 9 |
| Wilberforce (NSW) | 2,957 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 79% | 8 |
| Glossodia | 2,865 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 83% | 6 |
| Hobartville | 2,712 | All | $955kDec 2025 | – / 7% | 4 |
| McGraths Hill | 2,537 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 57% | 7 |
| East Kurrajong | 2,203 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 9 |
| Freemans Reach | 2,049 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 50% | 7 |
| Oakville | 2,027 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 95% | 8 |
| Windsor (NSW) | 1,915 | All | $905kDec 2025 | – / 19% | 4 |
| Bowen Mountain | 1,609 | All | $870kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Maraylya | 1,281 | 67% | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Grose Vale | 1,272 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Kurrajong Heights | 1,255 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 10 |
| Windsor Downs | 1,183 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 76% | 10 |
| Vineyard | 1,143 | 90% | $1.1MDec 2025 | 23% / 85% | 3 |
| Ebenezer (NSW) | 1,081 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 92% | 8 |
| Cattai | 1,077 | 48% | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 95% | 10 |
| Agnes Banks | 996 | 51% | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 74% | 9 |
| Kurmond | 850 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 91% | 8 |
| Yarramundi | 829 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 10 |
| Lower Portland | 711 | 59% | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 8 |
| Kurrajong Hills | 705 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Grose Wold | 668 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Bilpin | 653 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Blaxlands Ridge | 589 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Tennyson (NSW) | 379 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 9 |
| Colo Heights | 336 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| The Slopes | 327 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Lower Macdonald | 244 | All | $693kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 3 |
| Wisemans Ferry | 233 | 21% | $553kDec 2025 | – / 83% | 6 |
| Sackville | 230 | All | $799kDec 2025 | – / 84% | 8 |
| Cumberland Reach | 208 | All | $748kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 6 |
| St Albans (NSW) | 161 | All | $1.3MDec 2023 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Clarendon (NSW) | 147 | All | – / 17% | 4 | |
| Berambing | 104 | 93% | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Pitt Town Bottoms | 85 | All | – / 19% | 9 | |
| Mountain Lagoon | 78 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Mulgrave (NSW) | 78 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 48% | 4 |
| Wheeny Creek | 74 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Colo (Hawkesbury - NSW) | 62 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Leets Vale | 59 | 67% | – / 96% | 7 | |
| Richmond Lowlands | 55 | All | – / 93% | 7 | |
| Webbs Creek | 55 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Central Macdonald | 49 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Upper Colo | 48 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Cornwallis | 44 | All | – / 26% | 7 | |
| Upper Macdonald | 42 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Central Colo | 30 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Higher Macdonald | 20 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Wrights Creek (NSW) | 15 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Mogo Creek | 10 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Fernances | 7 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Mellong | 7 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Scheyville | 7 | All | – / 99% | 8 | |
| Ten Mile Hollow | 6 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Perrys Crossing | 4 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| The Devils Wilderness | All | – / 100% | |||
| Womerah | 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.
Flood planning land
23%
Over 1 of 63 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 37 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $693k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.2M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.5M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 14 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 333
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 161
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,212
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,521
- 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
- Macquarie · Susan TEMPLEMAN (ALP)97%
- Berowra · Julian LEESER (LP)3%
- Lindsay · Melissa McINTOSH (LP)1%
State districts
- Hawkesbury · Robyn Preston (LIB)99%
- Londonderry · Prue Car (ALP)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.