Nambucca Valley
21,237 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,491 km², 34 suburbs. Council website: nambucca.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
21,237
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.9% in a year
Density
14/km²
1,491 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$690k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$273
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.4 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
34
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
- 52
- Median household income
- $976/week
- Median rent
- $300/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,368/month
- Households renting
- 23.0%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
34 suburbs where Nambucca Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nambucca Heads | 6,675 | All | $700kDec 2025 | – / 78% | 1 |
| Macksville | 2,782 | All | $629kDec 2025 | – / 61% | 1 |
| Valla Beach | 1,455 | All | $930kDec 2025 | – / 87% | 5 |
| Bowraville | 1,157 | All | $538kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 1 |
| Valla | 1,052 | 97% | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 96% | 6 |
| Scotts Head | 986 | All | $961kDec 2025 | – / 87% | 4 |
| North Macksville | 669 | All | $865kDec 2025 | – / 82% | 2 |
| Gumma | 486 | All | $835kDec 2024 | – / 95% | 3 |
| Hyland Park | 440 | All | $738kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 2 |
| Newee Creek | 418 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 96% | 4 |
| Eungai Creek | 397 | All | $800kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 1 |
| Congarinni North | 394 | All | $960kDec 2024 | – / 95% | 4 |
| Congarinni | 365 | All | $735kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 5 |
| South Arm (Nambucca Valley - NSW) | 311 | All | – / 100% | ||
| Warrell Creek | 265 | All | $520kDec 2025 | – / 89% | 2 |
| Way Way | 265 | All | $1.3MDec 2024 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Missabotti | 246 | All | $480kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Talarm | 242 | All | $900kDec 2023 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Eungai Rail | 208 | All | $530kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 1 |
| Argents Hill | 207 | All | $670kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Yarranbella | 207 | All | $850kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Utungun | 194 | All | $610kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Wirrimbi | 160 | All | – / 90% | 6 | |
| Allgomera | 139 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Taylors Arm | 133 | All | $850kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Upper Taylors Arm | 126 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Buckra Bendinni | 123 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Tamban | 94 | All | $808kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 1 |
| Tewinga | 74 | All | – / 99% | 6 | |
| Burrapine | 58 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Girralong | 44 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Thumb Creek | 36 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Spicketts Creek | 32 | 19% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Bakers Creek (Nambucca Valley - NSW) | 24 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Brinerville | 11% | – / 100% | |||
| Killiekrankie | 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.
Suburb prices
Across the 23 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $480k
- Median of suburb medians
- $808k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.3M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 2 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,091
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 317
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,386
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,146
- 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
- Cowper · Pat CONAGHAN (NP)100%
State districts
- Oxley · Michael Kemp (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.