Gunnedah NSW 2380
Gunnedah sits 436 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 5 hours 10 minutes by car. Census data records 10,359 residents with a median age of 37 and a median household income of $81,328 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The town grew 6.5% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. Gunnedah is characterised by high crime risk. Of 7 schools within the town boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Gunnedah a good town?
Gunnedah scores a C (32/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
7 schools · 2 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 23/100 · 436.1 km · 312 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $570K · More affordable than 87% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 34/100 · Crime 90/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 37 · 10,359 residents
Liveability Rating
32 / 100 · Ranked #1212 in NSWEach bar is Gunnedah's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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 Gunnedah?
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Our score
32 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataGunnedah's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $570,000, roughly 24% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$570,000
Based on 160 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 30 days — median across 79 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 12 sales $388K
- 3 bed 70 sales $515K
- 4 bed 60 sales $665K
- 5 bed 13 sales $780K
Units
$391,000
Based on 16 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 45 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $302K
- 3 bed 7 sales $395K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Gunnedah are currently listed at around $640,000 on average. Based on 74 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$640K
74 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$518K
10 units listed in the last 6 months.
84 of the suburb's 3,798 dwellings (2.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Gunnedah rent for around $560 a week on average, based on 77 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$560/wk
77 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$425/wk
30 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
107 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,215 rented homes (8.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $515/wk
- 36 bonds
- +44% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $420/wk
- 28 bonds
- +57% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2380 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025118 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 25% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2380.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$560/week ($29,000 a year) on a $640,000 median
$425/week ($22,000 a year) on a $518,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Gunnedah safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Gunnedah sits in the high band, with 1,238 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 8% on the prior year.
1,238 offences
7.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202526 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town 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
Gunnedah Shire Council has published 5 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
- Mooki River Floodplain Management Plan - Environmental Assessment 2001
- Blackville Floodplain Management Study Report and Plan 2001
- Gunnedah and Carroll Floodplain Management Study 1999
- Gunnedah Flood Plain Management Study - Assessment of Floodplain Management Measures 1999
- Red Bobs - Floodplain Management Study 1995
Schools
Seven schools serve Gunnedah, and performance is broadly at peer-suburb levels with one standout. St Mary's College and St Xavier's Primary School lead the pack.
- • 2,189 students across 7 schools (avg 313)
- • Sectors: 4 Government, 2 Catholic, 1 Independent
- • ICSEA 785-996, median 902 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Gunnedah South Public School (533 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Gunnedah is very car-dependent on foot — at 23/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 3 supermarkets, 26 parks and 7 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Gunnedah.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 65.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 45.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 10.6 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 Gunnedah.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 31%
- Premises covered
- 5,398
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
Gunnedah: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 23 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 8 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Gunnedah is home to about 10,400 residents, with a median age of 37, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $81,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
10,359
Median Age
37
Median Household Income
$81,328/yr
Census Median Rent
$300/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$40,924/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
11.2%
Total Dwellings
3,798
Owner-Occupier Rate
68.0%
Houses
88.1%
Rental Stress
19.2%
Mortgage Stress
22.4%
Work From Home
8.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
113 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 66 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,169 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 85.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.7%
- Employment Rate
- 57.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 27.6%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
139 residents (1.3%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
2.9% of residents (274) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (138).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 9,592 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 4,288 people work here; 4,592 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident). At least 5% of employed residents must work outside the town.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,093 a year through Gunnedah based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 89%
- Environmental 5%
- Residential 4%
- Zones under 1% 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Gunnedah
In the year to August 2026, 25 new dwellings were approved across Gunnedah. That mix is 17 houses and 8 units. Approvals are down 16.7% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Red Chief 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 6.8 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 5 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 11.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.2 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Gunnedah monitoring station, 5.2 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Gunnedah Resource Centre, 6.6 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 320 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 626 mm
- 61 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.8°C
- 35 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.0°C
- 2 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the town 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
4 facilities within 5 km- 2.1 kmCoal MiningTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 4.0 kmLeather Tanning, Fur Dressing and Leather Product ManufacturingTop reported: Ammonia (total) · Chromium (III) compounds
- 4.1 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 4.4 kmPrepared Animal and Bird Feed ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 2380, 6 of 9,435 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.9% (183 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2380, 2,273 rooftop-solar systems totalling 16.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,535 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 127 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 Jamie Chaffey The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jamie Chaffey | 37.0% | 63.0% | +5.2 |
| 2022 | Mark Coulton | 32.2% | 67.8% | +0.9 |
| 2019 | Mark Coulton | 33.1% | 66.9% | +1.8 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town'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 town's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
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Common questions about Gunnedah
Is Gunnedah a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Gunnedah is high (90/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Gunnedah?
Gunnedah has a low recorded bushfire history (34/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Gunnedah a good place to live?
Gunnedah has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (32/100), 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 Gunnedah?
Gunnedah, NSW had a population of 10,359 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Gunnedah, NSW?
The postcode for Gunnedah, NSW is 2380.
How far is Gunnedah from Sydney?
Gunnedah is 436 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 312 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Gunnedah?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Gunnedah was $81,328 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 Gunnedah?
The median advertised rent in Gunnedah is $560 a week for houses (77 listings) and $425 a week for units (30 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Gunnedah?
The median age of residents in Gunnedah was 37 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Gunnedah at risk of bushfire?
Gunnedah has a low recorded bushfire history (34/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town 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 Gunnedah?
There are 7 schools inside the Gunnedah boundary: 2 above and 4 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Gunnedah walkable?
Gunnedah scores 23/100 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 Gunnedah?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Gunnedah (Gunnedah) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.8 µg/m³ and PM10 of 11.8 µg/m³. That puts Gunnedah below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Gunnedah?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Gunnedah, Gunnedah Resource Centre (6.6 km away), summer days average 32.8°C, winter nights 6°C, 626 mm of rain a year over 61 rainy days, and 35 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Gunnedah?
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 Gunnedah belong to?
Gunnedah sits within the Gunnedah local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Gunnedah?
The average residential rates bill through Gunnedah is $1,093 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Gunnedah?
Across Gunnedah, 25 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 16.7% 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 Gunnedah in?
Gunnedah sits within the federal Division of Parkes, currently held by Jamie Chaffey (The Nationals).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · 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
- Climate · 2006–2026
- 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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