Wentworth

7,982 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 26,256 km², 23 suburbs. Council website: wentworth.nsw.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

7,982

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year

Density

0.3/km²

26,256 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$415k

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$1,014

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

9.5 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

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 43
Median household income: $1,392/week
Median rent: $200/week
Median mortgage repayment: $1,300/month
Households renting: 19.6%
Average household: 2.5 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 5 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 5 of 10

Suburbs

23 suburbs where Wentworth holds most residents, plus 1 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
Gol Gol	1,956	All	$578kDec 2025	12% / 18%	7
Wentworth (NSW)	1,577	All	$380kDec 2025	8% / 96%	1
Buronga	1,252	All	$460kDec 2025	24% / 58%	3
Coomealla	748	All	$420kDec 2025	8% / 67%
Curlwaa	496	All	$550kDec 2025	35% / 49%	5
Dareton	456	All	$250kDec 2025	61% / 5%	1
Pooncarie	226	All	$140kDec 2023	0% / 99%	5
Pomona (NSW)	167	All	$355kDec 2025	2% / 2%	2
Boeill Creek	89	All		92% / 71%	6
Trentham Cliffs	85	All		0% / 20%	10
Mourquong	75	All		28% / 55%	7
Monak	60	All		0% / 87%	5
Ellerslie (Wentworth - NSW)	56	All		0% / 56%	6
Anabranch South	41	All		<1% / 99%	6
Rufus	41	All		0% / 91%	6
Arumpo	40	51%		0% / 95%	6
Pan Ban	38	All		0% / 100%	5
Paringi	29	All		0% / 100%	5
Scotia	12	23%		– / 99%	9
Pine Camp	10	All		0% / 100%	6
Mallee	8	All		<1% / 99%	5
Para	7	All		0% / 100%	6
Anabranch North	6	All		0% / 84%	6
Moorara		All		0% / 100%

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

17%

Over 23 of 24 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Bushfire-prone land

54%

Over 24 of 24 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 24 of 24 member suburbs

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Suburb prices

Across the 8 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).

Lowest suburb median: $140k
Median of suburb medians: $400k
Highest suburb median: $578k

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: 378; per 100k · NSW 2025
Motor vehicle theft: 192; per 100k · NSW 2025
property_damage: 448; per 100k · NSW 2025
Violent crime: 1,917; 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

Farrer · Sussan LEY (LP)100%

State districts

Murray · Helen Dalton (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.

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.