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Housing
walgett
New South Wales · Census 2021
$350k
+75.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Walgett is a leafy residential suburb of Walgett.
Median house price
People
Population
1,824
Median age
35 yrs
Income / person / wk
$823
Household income / wk
$1,554
Housing
Median rent / wk
$175
Mortgage / month
$970
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 24%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 0%
- No religion
- 24%
- Born overseas
- 7%
- English only at home
- 94%
Local amenities
Amenity score
36/100
Schools
4
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
8
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
69.7 km
Nearest train
167.3 km
Nearest hospital
8.1 km
Distance to coast
468 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
2
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
8.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Walgett
- Council population
- 5,500
- Council area
- 22,308 km²
- Density
- 0/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.69M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $1,761/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Parkes
- Federal MP
- Jamie Chaffey (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 63% 2PP
- State electorate
- Barwon
- State MP
- Roy Butler (IND)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.