Yass Valley
17,663 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,995 km², 26 suburbs. Council website: yassvalley.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
17,663
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.6% in a year
Density
4.4/km²
3,995 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$960k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$257
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
6.8 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
26
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
- 43
- Median household income
- $2,289/week
- Median rent
- $350/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,167/month
- Households renting
- 15.6%
- Average household
- 2.7 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Suburbs
26 suburbs where Yass Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yass | 6,763 | All | $740kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 6 |
| Murrumbateman | 3,607 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 10 |
| Sutton (NSW) | 1,556 | 46% | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 10 |
| Bywong | 1,342 | 6% | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Gundaroo | 1,233 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Bowning | 619 | All | $700kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Wallaroo (NSW) | 576 | All | $2.1MDec 2024 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Binalong | 550 | All | $605kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 7 |
| Springrange | 498 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Yass River | 459 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Manton (NSW) | 350 | All | $1.8MDec 2024 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Marchmont | 285 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Jeir | 271 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 10 |
| Nanima | 252 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Good Hope | 159 | All | – / 89% | 10 | |
| Bookham | 127 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Wee Jasper | 127 | All | – / 98% | 9 | |
| Bango | 122 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Bellmount Forest | 120 | 78% | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Mullion | 89 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Boambolo | 79 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Kangiara | 50 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Woolgarlo | 42 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Burrinjuck | 40 | All | – / 97% | 8 | |
| Cavan (NSW) | 37 | All | – / 98% | 9 | |
| Uriarra | 31 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Laverstock | 30 | All | – / 100% | 10 | |
| Narrangullen | 9 | All | – / 97% | 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 11 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $605k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.3M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.1M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 2 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 227
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 98
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 914
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,548
- 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%
- Eden-Monaro · Kristy McBAIN (ALP)1%
State districts
- Goulburn · Wendy Tuckerman (LIB)100%
- Monaro · Steve Whan (ALP)1%
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.
- Cootamundra-Gundagai
- Hilltops
- Queanbeyan-Palerang3 shared suburbs
- Snowy Valleys
- Upper Lachlan2 shared suburbs
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.