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Warrumbungle Shire

New South Wales · Far West and Orana · 9,188 people · 24 suburbs · 9 postcodes

Warrumbungle Shire at a glance

Map shows the Warrumbungle Shire 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.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Warrumbungle Shire is a Local Government Area in New South Wales, in the Sydney region. It covers 24 suburbs across 9 postcodes and an area of 12,219 km². Warrumbungle Shire has a population of 9,188 , ranking #94 most populous in NSW. The most populous suburb is Coonabarabran (3,477 residents).About 5.9% of residents were born overseas and 2.3% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Warrumbungle Shire

12 schools across Warrumbungle Shire: 66.7% Government, 33.3% Catholic, 0% Independent. The NSW average is 69.6% / 16.9% / 13.5%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 896 (range 785 to 996). NSW median is 1005; national mean is 1000.

All 12 schools in Warrumbungle Shire, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Coonabarabran High School	Government	Secondary	Coonabarabran	298	898
Coonabarabran Public School	Government	Primary	Coonabarabran	200	856
Dunedoo Central School	Government	Combined	Dunedoo	152	893
Coolah Central School	Government	Combined	Coolah	148	896
St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School Coonabarabran	Catholic	Primary	Coonabarabran	146	959
Baradine Central School	Government	Combined	Baradine	101	785
Mendooran Central School	Government	Combined	Mendooran	91	889
St Michael's Catholic Primary School Dunedoo	Catholic	Primary	Dunedoo	48	970
Binnaway Central School	Government	Combined	Binnaway	44	815
St John's Catholic Primary School Baradine	Catholic	Primary	Baradine	43	951
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Coolah	Catholic	Primary	Coolah	31	996
Warrumbungle National Park Environmental Education Centre	Government	Combined	Coonabarabran

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 ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.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 Warrumbungle Shire. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Warrumbungle Shire

Warrumbungle Shire contains 24 suburbs and 9 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Coonabarabran	2357	3,477	$1,154/wk	50
Coolah	2843	1,262	$1,162/wk	47
Dunedoo	2844	1,097	$985/wk	51
Baradine	2396	783	$1,034/wk	50
Binnaway	2395	658	$782/wk	54
Mendooran	2842	626	$928/wk	45
Ulamambri	2357	189	$1,062/wk	52
Bugaldie	2357	162	$1,281/wk	47
Leadville	2844	140	$1,275/wk	50
Neilrex	2831	81	$1,437/wk	43
Purlewaugh	2357	81	$1,437/wk	54
Merrygoen	2831	79	$900/wk	41
Weetaliba	2395	67	$612/wk	43
Dandry	2357	65	$900/wk	41
Goolhi	2379	65	$1,437/wk	46
Rocky Glen	2357	65	$933/wk	56
Nombi	2379	55	$2,250/wk	28
Mollyan	2842	48	$1,125/wk	52
Yarragrin	2842	47	$762/wk	45
Uarbry	2329	38	$850/wk	56
Kenebri	2396	31	$725/wk	57
Gowang	2357	27	$762/wk	58
Cobbora	2844	25	$1,499/wk	57
Goorianawa	2396	20	$1,125/wk	59

Postcodes covered

2329, 2357, 2379, 2395, 2396, 2831, 2842, 2843, 2844

Compare Warrumbungle Shire with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Warrumbungle Shire and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Warrumbungle Shire (NSW)	9,188	49.4	914	22.2%	5.9%
Mid-Western Regional	25,598	41.5	948	25.5%	8.1%
Gunnedah	12,843	37.7	939	30.1%	5.4%
Coonamble	3,711	39.0	892	32.5%	3.1%
Gilgandra	4,136	45.8	907	27.4%	3.3%
Liverpool Plains	7,702	46.4	909	25.8%	4.7%

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Frequently asked questions about Warrumbungle Shire

What is the population of Warrumbungle Shire?

The 2021 Census recorded 9,188 people living in Warrumbungle Shire, across 24 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Warrumbungle Shire?

Warrumbungle Shire contains 24 suburbs. The most populous are Coonabarabran, Coolah, Dunedoo, Baradine, Binnaway.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Warrumbungle Shire?

Warrumbungle Shire covers 9 postcodes: 2329, 2357, 2379, 2395, 2396, 2831, 2842, 2843, 2844.

How many schools are in Warrumbungle Shire?

Warrumbungle Shire has 12 schools, including 8 government, 4 Catholic, and 0 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Warrumbungle Shire?

Warrumbungle Shire has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 914, 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.