Muswellbrook
16,859 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,405 km², 23 suburbs. Council website: muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
16,859
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.1% in a year
Density
5.0/km²
3,405 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$510k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$302
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
23
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
- $1,628/week
- Median rent
- $300/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,517/month
- Households renting
- 34.2%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 3 of 10
Suburbs
23 suburbs where Muswellbrook 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muswellbrook | 12,272 | All | $575kDec 2025 | – / 74% | 2 |
| Denman | 1,821 | All | $570kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 3 |
| Jerrys Plains | 447 | 34% | $680kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 5 |
| Muscle Creek | 313 | All | $955kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 7 |
| McCullys Gap | 262 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Sandy Hollow | 188 | All | $500kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Gungal | 186 | 7% | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Martindale | 168 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Giants Creek | 149 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Castle Rock | 131 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Yarrawa | 101 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Wybong | 100 | All | – / 89% | 2 | |
| Baerami | 93 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Widden | 87 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Mangoola | 76 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Manobalai | 76 | 89% | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Bureen | 70 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Hebden | 67 | 70% | – / 97% | 5 | |
| Dalswinton | 57 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Kayuga | 49 | All | – / 98% | 4 | |
| Hollydeen | 44 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Baerami Creek | 27 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Bowmans Creek | 17 | 29% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Bengalla | 16 | All | – / 73% | 4 | |
| Kerrabee | 11 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Edderton | 4 | All | – / 61% | 9 |
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
- $500k
- Median of suburb medians
- $765k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.6M
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
- 1,241
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 335
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,881
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 6,137
- 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
- New England · Barnaby JOYCE (NP)99%
- Hunter · Dan REPACHOLI (ALP)1%
State districts
- Upper Hunter · Dave Layzell (NAT)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.