Upper Lachlan
9,005 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 7,127 km², 45 suburbs. Council website: upperlachlan.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
9,005
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year
Density
1.3/km²
7,127 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$627k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$761
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
8 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
45
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
- 49
- Median household income
- $1,465/week
- Median rent
- $277/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,540/month
- Households renting
- 12.6%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 8 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
45 suburbs where Upper Lachlan holds most residents, plus 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crookwell | 2,686 | All | $620kDec 2025 | – / 97% | 3 |
| Gunning | 820 | All | $733kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 8 |
| Laggan | 407 | All | $1.0MDec 2023 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Taralga | 403 | All | $565kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 4 |
| Middle Arm | 377 | 12% | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Collector | 376 | 94% | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 9 |
| Binda | 291 | All | $745kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Bigga | 268 | All | $273kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 6 |
| Grabben Gullen | 248 | All | $670kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Dalton | 230 | All | $575kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 6 |
| Brayton | 208 | 38% | – / 99% | 7 | |
| Tarlo | 171 | 23% | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Greenwich Park | 162 | 69% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Lade Vale | 158 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Bannister (NSW) | 141 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Wayo | 125 | 62% | $990kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 8 |
| Bellmount Forest | 120 | 22% | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Narrawa | 112 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Breadalbane (NSW) | 107 | All | $985kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Jerrawa | 106 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Myrtleville | 100 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Roslyn | 95 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Lost River | 94 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Pomeroy | 94 | 11% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Blakney Creek | 92 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Chatsbury | 86 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Biala | 84 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Golspie | 81 | All | $680kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Tuena | 81 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Gurrundah | 80 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Big Hill (NSW) | 78 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Crooked Corner | 78 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Wheeo | 68 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Curraweela | 67 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Pejar | 67 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Broadway | 63 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Oolong | 54 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Wombeyan Caves | 53 | 89% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Wollogorang | 49 | 30% | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Richlands (NSW) | 48 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Bannaby | 47 | All | $608kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Fullerton | 47 | All | $505kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Bevendale | 45 | All | $300kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Peelwood | 45 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Cullerin | 41 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Lerida | 38 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Merrill | 38 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Stonequarry | 34 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Limerick | 33 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Woodhouselee | 23 | 43% | – / 98% | 7 | |
| Wiarborough | 18 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Yalbraith | 18 | All | – / 100% | 7 |
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 18 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $273k
- Median of suburb medians
- $706k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.3M
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
- 82
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 80
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,257
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,858
- 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
- Riverina · Michael McCORMACK (NP)98%
- Eden-Monaro · Kristy McBAIN (ALP)2%
State districts
- Goulburn · Wendy Tuckerman (LIB)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.