Orange
44,990 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 284 km², 9 suburbs. Council website: orange.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
44,990
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.6% in a year
Density
158/km²
284 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$710k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$145
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
7 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
9
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
- $1,665/week
- Median rent
- $330/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,700/month
- Households renting
- 32.6%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 7 of 10
Suburbs
9 suburbs where Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | 41,232 | All | $695kDec 2025 | – / 78% | 5 |
| Clifton Grove | 950 | 74% | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Spring Hill (Orange - NSW) | 526 | 71% | $828kDec 2024 | – / 99% | 6 |
| Canobolas | 481 | 65% | $1.8MDec 2023 | – / 96% | 10 |
| Springside (NSW) | 303 | 71% | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Lucknow (NSW) | 277 | All | $663kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 8 |
| Huntley (Orange - NSW) | 161 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 94% | 9 |
| Emu Swamp | 156 | 22% | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Spring Creek (NSW) | 131 | All | – / 96% | 9 | |
| Spring Terrace | 123 | 20% | – / 99% | 10 | |
| Guyong | 118 | 17% | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Shadforth (NSW) | 104 | All | – / 99% | 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 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $663k
- Median of suburb medians
- $914k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.8M
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
- 1,444
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 354
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,320
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,030
- 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%
State districts
- Orange · Philip Donato (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. 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.