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gilgai
New South Wales · Census 2021
$645k
+115.7% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Gilgai is a bushland suburb of Inverell.
Median house price
People
Population
740
Median age
45 yrs
Income / person / wk
$557
Household income / wk
$1,151
Housing
Median rent / wk
$250
Mortgage / month
$1,250
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 36%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 36%
- Born overseas
- 6%
- English only at home
- 100%
Local amenities
Amenity score
9/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
4
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
12.1 km
Nearest train
60.3 km
Nearest hospital
11.0 km
Distance to coast
196 km
NBN
Satellite
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
11.5 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Inverell
- Council population
- 17,884
- Council area
- 9,405 km²
- Density
- 2/km²
- Federal grants
- $8.78M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $491/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- New England
- Federal MP
- Barnaby Joyce (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 67% 2PP
- State electorate
- Northern Tablelands
- State MP
- Brendan Moylan (NAT)
Similar suburbs
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