State postcode hub

New South Wales, suburb by suburb.

Sydney out to the regions: 5,052 suburbs and localities, each with 2021 Census demographics, SEIFA advantage, income, rent and schools on one page.

5,052
Suburbs and localities
130
Local Government Areas
8,105,991
People counted (2021)

Suburb and LGA counts from the ASGS; population from the ABS 2021 Census.

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The shape of the state

New South Wales is not one place. The numbers shift from the capital to the regions, and every suburb has its own.

New South Wales covers 800,642 km² with a population of approximately 8,294,000. The state capital is Sydney. Postcodes in NSW are organised into 35 statistical regions across 130 Local Government Areas. The population-weighted median household income across NSW is $1,931 per week. The most populous LGA in NSW is Blacktown (388,861 residents).

NSW at a glance

What the 2021 Census says about NSW.

Population-weighted averages across every NSW suburb with Census data. The full detail sits on each suburb page.

5,052
Suburbs with data
2021 Census
8,105,991
Total population
Usual residents
$1,931
Household income
Median, per week
$445
Rent
Median, per week
45.0
Median age
Years
6.0/10
SEIFA advantage
Median IRSAD decile

Income and rent are population-weighted across NSW suburbs. SEIFA is the median IRSAD decile, where 10 is most advantaged. Source: ABS Census 2021, SEIFA 2021.

Income ladder

Highest-income suburbs in NSW.

Top 10 suburbs by median weekly household income, population 500 or more. Bars are scaled across this group for contrast.

Northwood $5,012/wk Longueville $4,894/wk Riverview $4,731/wk Greenhills Beach $4,704/wk Balgowlah Heights $4,687/wk Castlecrag $4,675/wk Clontarf $4,609/wk Willoughby East $4,536/wk Point Piper $4,530/wk Tamarama $4,522/wk

Source: ABS Census 2021, median total household income (weekly).

By the crowd

Largest suburbs in NSW.

The 12 most populated suburbs and localities, by usual residents counted in 2021.

Blacktown2148 50,961 Port Macquarie2444 47,693 Dubbo2830 43,516 Orange2800 41,232 Castle Hill2154 40,874 Auburn2144 39,333 Baulkham Hills2153 37,415 Bankstown2200 34,933 Merrylands2160 32,472 Ryde2112 31,907 Hurstville2220 31,162 Liverpool2170 31,078

Source: ABS Census 2021, usual resident population.

Council country

Local Government Areas in NSW.

130 LGAs across New South Wales. The 20 largest by population are below. Each hub covers its suburbs, postcodes, demographics, schools and SEIFA scores.

Blacktown 388,861 · 54 sub Canterbury-Bankstown 385,402 · 45 sub Central Coast (NSW) 346,577 · 158 sub Northern Beaches 263,532 · 75 sub Parramatta 250,309 · 29 sub Cumberland 238,579 · 24 sub Liverpool 230,992 · 37 sub Sutherland Shire 230,140 · 42 sub Penrith 218,758 · 36 sub Wollongong 214,498 · 76 sub Lake Macquarie 212,380 · 96 sub Sydney 207,999 · 39 sub Fairfield 207,004 · 30 sub The Hills Shire 203,118 · 21 sub Inner West 180,536 · 24 sub Campbelltown (NSW) 177,795 · 35 sub Bayside (NSW) 175,826 · 29 sub Newcastle 170,214 · 53 sub Hornsby 140,289 · 32 sub Georges River 136,515 · 19 sub

110 more LGAs in NSW are reachable from their suburb pages.

Browse by region

Find your part of NSW.

Australian Capital Territory 30 sub · 2 areas Capital Region 359 sub · 4 areas Central Coast 75 sub · 2 areas Central West 386 sub · 4 areas Coffs Harbour - Grafton 77 sub · 2 areas Darling Downs - Maranoa 8 sub · 2 areas Far West and Orana 281 sub · 3 areas Hume 1 sub · 1 areas Hunter Valley exc Newcastle 284 sub · 4 areas Illawarra 105 sub · 4 areas Latrobe - Gippsland 1 sub · 1 areas Mid North Coast 412 sub · 5 areas Murray 112 sub · 3 areas New England and North West 572 sub · 4 areas Newcastle and Lake Macquarie 216 sub · 3 areas Other NSW 6 sub · 1 areas Other Territories 67 sub · 2 areas Richmond - Tweed 411 sub · 3 areas Riverina 439 sub · 3 areas Shepparton 2 sub · 1 areas Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven 180 sub · 2 areas Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury 132 sub · 3 areas Sydney - Blacktown 49 sub · 3 areas Sydney - City and Inner South 54 sub · 3 areas Sydney - Eastern Suburbs 49 sub · 2 areas Sydney - Inner South West 71 sub · 4 areas Sydney - Inner West 48 sub · 3 areas Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby 83 sub · 4 areas Sydney - Northern Beaches 76 sub · 3 areas Sydney - Outer South West 61 sub · 3 areas Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains 152 sub · 5 areas Sydney - Parramatta 62 sub · 4 areas Sydney - Ryde 37 sub · 2 areas Sydney - South West 99 sub · 3 areas Sydney - Sutherland 55 sub · 2 areas

Where to next

Start with useful NSW views.

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Find any NSW suburb or four-digit postcode.
Compare two suburbs
Put Census, SEIFA, housing and school data side by side.
NSW LGA maps
Browse 130 council-area hubs with suburb markers and postcode coverage.
Schools overview
Use ACARA 2025 school profiles alongside local suburb data.
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How to read these pages

Every figure traces to an official source. No listings, no scraping, no spin.

Demographics come from the 2021 Census, advantage scores from SEIFA 2021, schools from ACARA, and geography from the ASGS. Postcode boundaries follow Matthew Proctor's open dataset.

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