Murrumbidgee
3,695 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 6,881 km², 12 suburbs. Council website: murrumbidgee.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
3,695
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.2% in a year
Density
0.5/km²
6,881 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$270k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,791
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
12
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
- 45
- Median household income
- $1,401/week
- Median rent
- $190/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $869/month
- Households renting
- 22.9%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
12 suburbs where Murrumbidgee holds most residents, plus 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleambally | 1,152 | All | $360kDec 2025 | – / 1% | 6 |
| Darlington Point | 1,030 | All | $370kDec 2025 | – / 13% | 2 |
| Jerilderie | 922 | All | $225kDec 2025 | – / <1% | 3 |
| Carrathool | 200 | 19% | – / 2% | 6 | |
| Logie Brae | 47 | 66% | – / 45% | 9 | |
| Coree | 43 | 67% | – / 68% | 10 | |
| Mairjimmy | 37 | All | – / 5% | 10 | |
| Nyora (NSW) | 18 | All | – / 1% | 10 | |
| Bundure | 17 | All | – / <1% | 10 | |
| Argoon | 16 | All | – / 0% | 9 | |
| Gala Vale | 13 | All | – / 2% | 10 | |
| Mabins Well | 8 | All | – / 69% | 7 | |
| Four Corners | 71% | – / 29% |
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 3 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $225k
- Median of suburb medians
- $360k
- Highest suburb median
- $370k
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. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.