Weddin
3,558 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,415 km², 11 suburbs. Council website: weddin.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
3,558
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · -1.2% in a year
Density
1.0/km²
3,415 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$295k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$1,172
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
5 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
11
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
- 52
- Median household income
- $1,046/week
- Median rent
- $198/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $953/month
- Households renting
- 18.3%
- Average household
- 2.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 4 of 10
Suburbs
11 suburbs where Weddin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenfell | 2,600 | All | $320kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 2 |
| Greenethorpe | 202 | All | $228kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 7 |
| Caragabal | 174 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Quandialla | 163 | 94% | $138kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Bribbaree | 144 | 14% | $255kDec 2025 | – / 52% | 3 |
| Bumbaldry | 107 | 90% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Wirrinya | 92 | 14% | 0% / 32% | 8 | |
| Warraderry | 89 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Bimbi | 71 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Piney Range | 63 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Pullabooka | 52 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Glenelg (NSW) | 44 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Pinnacle (NSW) | 30 | 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.
Flood planning land
0%
Over 1 of 13 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 3 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $138k
- Median of suburb medians
- $228k
- Highest suburb median
- $320k
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
- 303
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 144
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,629
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,804
- 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%
- Parkes · Jamie CHAFFEY (NP)1%
State districts
- Cootamundra · Steph Cooke (NAT)100%
- Orange · Philip Donato (IND)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.