Lithgow
20,693 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 4,512 km², 53 suburbs. Council website: council.lithgow.com.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
20,693
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.5% in a year
Density
4.6/km²
4,512 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$508k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$328
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.9 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
3 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
53
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
- $1,196/week
- Median rent
- $270/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,500/month
- Households renting
- 24.1%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 3 of 10
Suburbs
53 suburbs where Lithgow holds most residents, plus 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithgow | 4,956 | All | $530kDec 2025 | – / 39% | 1 |
| Portland (NSW) | 2,447 | All | $520kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 1 |
| Bowenfels | 2,049 | All | $488kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 1 |
| Wallerawang | 2,019 | All | $550kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 2 |
| South Bowenfels | 1,326 | All | $870kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 7 |
| Marrangaroo | 783 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 94% | |
| Littleton | 737 | All | $500kDec 2025 | – / 54% | 2 |
| Little Hartley | 629 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 77% | 9 |
| Morts Estate | 545 | All | $530kDec 2025 | – / 88% | 1 |
| Hartley (NSW) | 478 | All | $1.4MDec 2024 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Lidsdale | 471 | All | $616kDec 2025 | – / 97% | 5 |
| Vale Of Clwydd | 465 | All | $460kDec 2025 | – / 92% | 1 |
| Meadow Flat | 356 | 48% | $1.0MDec 2024 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Hermitage Flat | 323 | All | $400kDec 2025 | – / 50% | 1 |
| South Littleton | 317 | All | $425kDec 2025 | – / 57% | 2 |
| Oakey Park | 305 | All | – / 89% | 2 | |
| McKellars Park | 210 | All | $565kDec 2025 | – / 72% | 2 |
| Clarence | 200 | All | $950kDec 2025 | – / 97% | 7 |
| Tarana | 187 | 49% | $826kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Kanimbla (NSW) | 184 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Cullen Bullen | 166 | All | $415kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 2 |
| Rydal | 163 | All | $955kDec 2025 | – / 97% | 3 |
| Megalong Valley | 148 | 32% | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Sheedys Gully | 136 | All | $905kDec 2025 | – / 92% | 3 |
| Capertee | 130 | All | $400kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Hampton (NSW) | 118 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Pottery Estate | 112 | All | – / 53% | 1 | |
| Ganbenang | 109 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Glen Davis | 106 | All | $750kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Sodwalls | 94 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Sunny Corner | 94 | 10% | $585kDec 2025 | 0% / 100% | 8 |
| Hartley Vale | 84 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Dargan | 83 | All | $799kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Bogee | 82 | All | $950kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Ben Bullen | 71 | All | – / 99% | 2 | |
| Wolgan Valley | 71 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Lowther | 69 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Corney Town | 66 | All | – / 47% | 1 | |
| Mount Lambie | 65 | All | $855kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 9 |
| Glen Alice | 56 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Mount Marsden | 54 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Dark Corner | 45 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Good Forest | 38 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Palmers Oaky | 38 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Cobar Park | 36 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Doctors Gap | 25 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Blackmans Flat | 22 | All | – / 88% | 6 | |
| Dunville Loop | 13 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Upper Turon | 13 | 33% | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Upper Nile | 12 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Round Swamp | 11 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| State Mine Gully | 10 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Newnes | 7 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Hassans Walls | All | – / 100% | |||
| Newnes Plateau | All | – / 100% | |||
| Wirraba | All | – / 100% | |||
| Wollangambe | All | – / 100% | |||
| Wollemi | 23% | – / 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
0%
Over 1 of 58 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 27 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $400k
- Median of suburb medians
- $750k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.4M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 4 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,082
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 233
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 3,116
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 6,403
- 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
- Calare · Andrew GEE (IND)100%
- Macquarie · Susan TEMPLEMAN (ALP)1%
- Hunter · Dan REPACHOLI (ALP)1%
State districts
- Bathurst · Paul Toole (NAT)100%
- Blue Mountains · Trish Doyle (ALP)1%
- Upper Hunter · Dave Layzell (NAT)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.