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Liverpool Plains

New South Wales · New England and North West · 7,702 people · 30 suburbs · 8 postcodes

Liverpool Plains at a glance

Map shows the Liverpool Plains LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Liverpool Plains is a Local Government Area in New South Wales, in the Sydney region. It covers 30 suburbs across 8 postcodes and an area of 5,509 km². Liverpool Plains has a population of 7,702 , ranking #99 most populous in NSW. The most populous suburb is Quirindi (3,355 residents), and the highest median household income is in Coomoo Coomoo at $3,750/week. The LGA-wide median household income is $1,229/week and median age is 46.4. About 4.7% of residents were born overseas and 2.7% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Liverpool Plains

11 schools across Liverpool Plains: 90.9% Government, 9.1% Catholic, 0% Independent. The NSW average is 69.6% / 16.9% / 13.5%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 914 (range 692 to 1004). NSW median is 1005; national mean is 1000.

All 11 schools in Liverpool Plains, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Quirindi High School	Government	Secondary	Quirindi	352	891
Quirindi Public School	Government	Primary	Quirindi	277	904
St Joseph's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Quirindi	74	953
Werris Creek Public School	Government	Primary	Werris Creek	68	836
Willow Tree Public School	Government	Primary	Willow Tree	51	982
Wallabadah Public School	Government	Primary	Wallabadah	37	941
Spring Ridge Public School	Government	Primary	Spring Ridge	25	1004
Currabubula Public School	Government	Primary	Currabubula	24	953
Premer Public School	Government	Primary	Premer	12	822
Walhallow Public School	Government	Primary	Caroona	10	692
Blackville Public School	Government	Primary	Blackville	9	914

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Liverpool Plains. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Liverpool Plains

Liverpool Plains contains 30 suburbs and 8 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Quirindi	2343	3,355	$1,198/wk	46
Werris Creek	2341	1,478	$941/wk	50
Wallabadah	2343	382	$1,062/wk	56
Currabubula	2342	339	$1,553/wk	41
Willow Tree	2339	327	$961/wk	51
Spring Ridge	2343	266	$1,312/wk	40
Quipolly	2343	215	$2,017/wk	42
Caroona	2343	196	$933/wk	40
Blackville	2343	128	$1,416/wk	45
Piallaway	2342	128	$1,375/wk	48
Premer	2381	126	$875/wk	43
Pine Ridge	2343	96	$1,562/wk	34
Warrah Ridge	2343	84	$2,062/wk	38
Warrah Creek	2339	78	$1,906/wk	40
Braefield	2339	64	$1,624/wk	52
Big Jacks Creek	2339	61	$2,124/wk	44
Parraweena	2339	61	$1,937/wk	44
Bundella	2343	53	$1,458/wk	47
Ardglen	2338	50	$1,041/wk	58
Warrah	2339	46	$2,374/wk	38
Cattle Creek	2339	38	$1,374/wk	35
Yannergee	2343	29	$1,875/wk	35
Little Jacks Creek	2339	24	$1,024/wk	36
Colly Blue	2343	22	$1,375/wk	40
Coomoo Coomoo	2343	19	$3,750/wk	48
Chilcotts Creek	2339	16	$2,749/wk	43
Macdonalds Creek	2339	11	$725/wk	59
Yarraman	2343	10	$2,750/wk	53
Tamworth South	2340
Windy	2343		$725/wk	27

Postcodes covered

2338, 2339, 2340, 2341, 2342, 2343, 2381, 2400

Compare Liverpool Plains with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Liverpool Plains and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	Median HH income	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Liverpool Plains (NSW)	7,702	46.4	$1,229/wk	909	25.8%	4.7%
Upper Hunter Shire	14,201	42.2	$1,470/wk	943	26.0%	9.1%
Tamworth Regional	62,017	39.3	$1,500/wk	935	32.8%	8.5%
Gunnedah	12,843	37.7	$1,559/wk	939	30.1%	5.4%
Warrumbungle Shire	9,188	49.4	$1,084/wk	914	22.2%	5.9%

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Frequently asked questions about Liverpool Plains

What is the population of Liverpool Plains?

The 2021 Census recorded 7,702 people living in Liverpool Plains, across 30 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Liverpool Plains?

Liverpool Plains contains 30 suburbs. The most populous are Quirindi, Werris Creek, Wallabadah, Currabubula, Willow Tree.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Liverpool Plains?

Liverpool Plains covers 8 postcodes: 2338, 2339, 2340, 2341, 2342, 2343, 2381, 2400.

What is the median household income in Liverpool Plains?

The population-weighted median household income across Liverpool Plains is $1,229 per week (2021 Census), ranking #101 of 130 NSW LGAs.

How many schools are in Liverpool Plains?

Liverpool Plains has 11 schools, including 10 government, 1 Catholic, and 0 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Liverpool Plains?

Liverpool Plains has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 909, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.