Tenterfield
7,188 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 7,324 km², 39 suburbs. Council website: tenterfield.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
7,188
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year
Density
1.0/km²
7,324 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$402k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$980
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
6.8 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
39
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
- 55
- Median household income
- $885/week
- Median rent
- $240/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,083/month
- Households renting
- 18.2%
- Average household
- 2.1 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
39 suburbs where Tenterfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenterfield | 4,067 | All | $530kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 2 |
| Tabulam | 508 | 69% | $405kDec 2025 | – / 100% | |
| Deepwater (NSW) | 456 | 13% | $225kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Woodenbong | 390 | 12% | $351kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 2 |
| Urbenville | 331 | 89% | $425kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Drake | 244 | All | $425kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Jennings | 168 | All | $300kDec 2024 | – / 99% | 1 |
| Legume | 168 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Liston | 130 | All | $280kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Sandy Flat | 97 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Drake Village | 95 | All | $203kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 1 |
| Maryland (Tenterfield - NSW) | 89 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Mole River | 89 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Koreelah | 83 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Torrington (NSW) | 77 | All | $215kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Bolivia | 74 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Ruby Creek | 65 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Woodside (NSW) | 59 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Upper Tooloom | 57 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Stannum | 56 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Sandy Hill | 44 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Amosfield | 40 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Lower Acacia Creek | 36 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Timbarra (NSW) | 36 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Rocky River (Tenterfield - NSW) | 35 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Willsons Downfall | 31 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Acacia Creek | 30 | All | – / 96% | 3 | |
| Dumaresq Valley | 29 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Undercliffe | 27 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Boorook | 20 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Cottonvale (NSW) | 20 | All | – / 79% | 3 | |
| Boonoo Boonoo | 19 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Tarban | 13 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Wylie Creek | 13 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Silent Grove | 11 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Cullendore | 10 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Rivertree | 10 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Mingoola (NSW) | 7 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Back Creek (Tenterfield - NSW) | 4 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Bookookoorara | All | – / 96% | |||
| Forest Land | 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 8 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $203k
- Median of suburb medians
- $353k
- Highest suburb median
- $530k
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
- 1,646
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 368
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 3,812
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,156
- 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)100%
State districts
- Lismore · Janelle Saffin (ALP)99%
- Northern Tablelands · Brendan Moylan (NAT)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, councils it splits a suburb with, and councils across the state or territory border whose boundaries meet it.
Across the border
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.