Parkes
14,175 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 5,958 km², 14 suburbs. Council website: parkes.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
14,175
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.4% in a year
Density
2.4/km²
5,958 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$420k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$629
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.1 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
14
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
- 41
- Median household income
- $1,336/week
- Median rent
- $250/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,300/month
- Households renting
- 27.6%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 3 of 10
Suburbs
14 suburbs where Parkes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkes (NSW) | 11,324 | All | $455kDec 2025 | – / 32% | 2 |
| Peak Hill (NSW) | 1,162 | All | $300kDec 2025 | – / 13% | 1 |
| Trundle | 568 | All | $271kDec 2025 | – / 10% | 3 |
| Tullamore | 369 | 84% | $235kDec 2025 | – / 41% | 3 |
| Bogan Gate | 269 | All | $240kDec 2023 | – / 21% | 3 |
| Alectown | 151 | All | – / 17% | 8 | |
| Cookamidgera | 151 | 65% | $278kDec 2025 | 0% / 52% | 3 |
| Goonumbla | 98 | All | – / 5% | 8 | |
| Tichborne | 92 | All | – / <1% | 7 | |
| Gunningbland | 90 | All | – / 10% | 7 | |
| Mandagery | 82 | 39% | – / 90% | 3 | |
| Cooks Myalls | 49 | All | – / 9% | 7 | |
| Nelungaloo | 47 | All | – / 2% | 7 | |
| Yarrabandai | 33 | 41% | 0% / 10% | 3 | |
| Bruie Plains | 28 | All | – / 17% | 8 | |
| Trewilga | 24 | All | – / 0% | 6 |
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 2 of 16 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →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
- $235k
- Median of suburb medians
- $274k
- Highest suburb median
- $455k
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
- 1,097
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 434
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,385
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 5,311
- 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
- Parkes · Jamie CHAFFEY (NP)100%
- Calare · Andrew GEE (IND)1%
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.