Walgett
5,437 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 22,308 km², 9 suburbs. Council website: walgett.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
5,437
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -1.4% in a year
Density
0.2/km²
22,308 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$98k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,782
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.4 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
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
- 44
- Median household income
- $1,001/week
- Median rent
- $180/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $858/month
- Households renting
- 31.0%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
9 suburbs where Walgett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning Ridge | 1,946 | All | $245kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Walgett | 1,824 | All | $350kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Collarenebri | 634 | 93% | $105kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Burren Junction | 225 | All | $80kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Cumborah | 198 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Pilliga | 175 | 21% | $152kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Rowena | 172 | 89% | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Carinda | 165 | 85% | – / 95% | 9 | |
| Come By Chance | 88 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Cryon | 39 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Angledool | 34 | 31% | – / 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 4 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $80k
- Median of suburb medians
- $175k
- Highest suburb median
- $350k
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
- 3,482
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 770
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 4,878
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 13,723
- 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%
State districts
- Barwon · Roy Butler (IND)100%
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.
- Brewarrina1 shared suburb
- Coonamble1 shared suburb
- Moree Plains2 shared suburbs
- Narrabri1 shared suburb
- Warren1 shared suburb
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.