Warrumbungle
9,246 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 12,372 km², 24 suburbs. Council website: warrumbungle.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
9,246
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -0.3% in a year
Density
0.7/km²
12,372 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$265k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,083
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
1.0 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
24
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
- 50
- Median household income
- $1,068/week
- Median rent
- $200/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $922/month
- Households renting
- 20.9%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
24 suburbs where Warrumbungle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coonabarabran | 3,477 | All | $280kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Coolah | 1,262 | All | $335kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Dunedoo | 1,097 | All | $353kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Baradine | 783 | All | $270kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Binnaway | 658 | All | $180kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Mendooran | 626 | 87% | $270kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Tambar Springs | 273 | 40% | $140kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Ulamambri | 189 | All | $180kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Bugaldie | 162 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Leadville | 140 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Premer | 126 | 8% | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Neilrex | 81 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Purlewaugh | 81 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Merrygoen | 79 | All | $160kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Weetaliba | 67 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Dandry | 65 | All | $318kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Goolhi | 65 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Rocky Glen | 65 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Nombi | 55 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Mollyan | 48 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Yarragrin | 47 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Uarbry | 38 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Kenebri | 31 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Gowang | 27 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Cobbora | 25 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Goorianawa | 20 | All | – / 100% | 9 |
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 9 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $160k
- Median of suburb medians
- $270k
- Highest suburb median
- $353k
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
- 1,147
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 92
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 3,278
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 5,309
- 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%
- New England · Barnaby JOYCE (NP)1%
State districts
- Barwon · Roy Butler (IND)100%
- Tamworth · Kevin Anderson (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.