Wagga Wagga
69,108 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 4,825 km², 59 suburbs. Council website: wagga.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
69,108
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · 0.0% in a year
Density
14/km²
4,825 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$615k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$193
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
7.9 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
59
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
- 35
- Median household income
- $1,638/week
- Median rent
- $300/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,517/month
- Households renting
- 32.7%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
59 suburbs where Wagga Wagga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kooringal (NSW) | 7,404 | All | $600kDec 2025 | – / 27% | 3 |
| Wagga Wagga | 7,198 | All | $750kDec 2025 | – / 28% | 5 |
| Lake Albert (NSW) | 6,291 | All | $689kDec 2025 | – / 39% | 7 |
| Glenfield Park | 5,078 | All | $620kDec 2025 | – / <1% | 3 |
| Mount Austin | 4,035 | All | $476kDec 2025 | – / 24% | 1 |
| Ashmont | 3,747 | All | $478kDec 2025 | – / 16% | 1 |
| Turvey Park | 3,572 | All | $675kDec 2025 | – / 33% | 7 |
| Tolland | 3,459 | All | $563kDec 2025 | – / 15% | 1 |
| Bourkelands | 3,113 | All | $719kDec 2025 | – / 25% | 9 |
| Forest Hill (NSW) | 3,081 | All | $566kDec 2025 | – / 85% | |
| Tatton | 2,560 | All | $853kDec 2025 | – / 15% | 9 |
| Estella | 2,541 | All | $655kDec 2025 | – / 2% | 7 |
| Gobbagombalin | 2,184 | All | $773kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 10 |
| Springvale (NSW) | 1,851 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 60% | 10 |
| Boorooma | 1,741 | All | $777kDec 2025 | – / 31% | 9 |
| Lloyd | 1,509 | All | $750kDec 2025 | – / 72% | 9 |
| Lockhart | 1,019 | 7% | $380kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Uranquinty | 910 | All | $535kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Ganmain | 793 | 7% | $320kDec 2025 | – / 45% | 2 |
| North Wagga Wagga | 679 | All | $450kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 3 |
| Gumly Gumly | 450 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 87% | 7 |
| Charles Sturt University | 433 | All | – / 72% | ||
| Tarcutta | 425 | All | $275kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Kapooka | 395 | All | – / 90% | 10 | |
| San Isidore | 349 | All | $1.1MDec 2024 | – / 26% | 9 |
| Ladysmith | 339 | All | $579kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 6 |
| Mangoplah | 291 | All | $469kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Gregadoo | 274 | All | – / 99% | 10 | |
| Collingullie | 258 | All | $510kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Oura | 246 | All | $840kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 9 |
| East Wagga Wagga | 213 | All | $415kDec 2023 | – / 66% | 2 |
| Currawarna | 199 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Brucedale | 184 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Moorong | 175 | All | – / 92% | 10 | |
| Cartwrights Hill | 169 | All | $584kDec 2025 | – / 77% | 5 |
| Eunanoreenya | 165 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Harefield | 165 | 58% | – / 50% | 9 | |
| Gelston Park | 160 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Matong | 159 | 7% | $172kDec 2025 | – / 31% | 7 |
| Big Springs | 135 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Book Book | 130 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Euberta | 130 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Humula | 129 | 96% | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Downside | 124 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Borambola | 117 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Rowan | 105 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Maxwell | 90 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Alfredtown | 80 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| The Gap (Wagga Wagga - NSW) | 76 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Yarragundry | 72 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Galore | 70 | 85% | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Kyeamba | 67 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Pulletop | 64 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Brookdale (NSW) | 50 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Oberne Creek | 49 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Dhulura | 42 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Bomen | 40 | All | – / 72% | 9 | |
| Hillgrove (Wagga Wagga - NSW) | 30 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Burrandana | 23 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Bulgary | 13 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Belfrayden | 12 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Wallacetown | 5 | All | – / 100% | 10 |
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 28 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $275k
- Median of suburb medians
- $638k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.6M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 13 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,493
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 263
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,375
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,256
- 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)100%
State districts
- Wagga Wagga · Joe McGirr (IND)100%
- Cootamundra · Steph Cooke (NAT)1%
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.