Attunga NSW 2345
Located in New South Wales, Attunga sits 429 km from Sydney CBD, around 5 hours 15 minutes by car. The locality has 542 residents, a median age of 43, and a median household income of $74,256 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population fell 5.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,284. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Attunga a good place to live?
Attunga scores a C (35/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 5/100 · 429.4 km · 314 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $570K · More affordable than 91% of NSW
Moderate crime risk
Fire 27/100 · Crime 46/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 43 · 542 residents
Liveability Rating
35 / 100 · Ranked #1144 in NSWEach bar is Attunga's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Attunga?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
35 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataAttunga's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $570,000, roughly 30% above where it sat a year earlier.
$570,000
Based on 10 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 6 sales $636K
Is Attunga safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Attunga sits in the moderate band, with 15 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 17% on the prior year.
15 offences
16.7% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20255 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Tamworth Regional Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Schools
One school serve Attunga, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 39 students in one school (avg 39)
Primary
Walkability
Attunga is very car-dependent on foot — at 5/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Attunga.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 10.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 1.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 9.8 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Attunga.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 232
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Tamworth: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Attunga is home to 542 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $74,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
542
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$74,256/yr
Census Median Rent
$300/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,284/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$39,364/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.3%
Total Dwellings
214
Owner-Occupier Rate
87.2%
Houses
96.7%
Rental Stress
21.0%
Mortgage Stress
20.7%
Work From Home
21.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 89.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.0%
- Employment Rate
- 64.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 27.3%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (4 of 278).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,397 a year through Tamworth based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 100%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Tamworth
In the year to August 2026, 390 new dwellings were approved across Tamworth. That mix is 270 houses and 120 units. Approvals are down 34.9% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.8 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 13.6 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.35 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0.
From the Tamworth monitoring station, 23.9 km away.
Setting
- Elevation
- 411 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.7% of addresses
- 5 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
2 facilities within 5 km- 4.3 kmCement and Lime ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Sulfur dioxide
- 4.4 kmOther Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 2345, 0 of 651 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.4% (9 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2345, 187 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 301 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 8 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $570,000 this is under the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Barnaby Joyce The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Barnaby Joyce | 32.9% | 67.1% | -1.9 |
| 2022 | Barnaby Joyce | 33.6% | 66.4% | -1.2 |
| 2019 | Barnaby Joyce | 32.4% | 67.6% | +1.2 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Kevin Anderson The Nationals
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kevin Anderson NP | 65.8% |
| 2019 | Kevin Anderson NP | 71.1% |
| 2015 | Kevin Anderson NP | 60.0% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Attunga?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 542 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Attunga
Is Attunga a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Attunga is moderate (46/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Attunga?
Attunga has a low recorded bushfire history (27/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Attunga a good place to live?
Attunga has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (35/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Attunga?
Attunga, NSW had a population of 542 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Attunga, NSW?
The postcode for Attunga, NSW is 2345.
How far is Attunga from Sydney?
Attunga is 429 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 314 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Attunga?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Attunga was $74,256 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Attunga?
There are too few current rental listings in Attunga for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $300, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Attunga?
The median age of residents in Attunga was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Attunga at risk of bushfire?
Attunga has a low recorded bushfire history (27/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Attunga?
There is 1 school inside the Attunga boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Attunga walkable?
Attunga scores 5/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Attunga?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Attunga (Tamworth) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.8 µg/m³ and PM10 of 13.6 µg/m³. That puts Attunga below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Attunga?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Attunga belong to?
Attunga sits within the Tamworth local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Attunga?
The average residential rates bill through Tamworth is $1,397 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Attunga?
Across Tamworth, 390 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 34.9% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Attunga in?
Attunga sits within the federal Division of New England, currently held by Barnaby Joyce (The Nationals).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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