Mathoura NSW 2710
Mathoura is a town in New South Wales, 749 km from Sydney CBD, around 8 hours 20 minutes by car. Population is 1,002; the median age is 51 and the median household income is $51,636 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town grew 6.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $180 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,083. Mathoura is characterised by high crime risk. 1 school sits within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Mathoura a good town?
Mathoura scores a D (17/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit, safety, and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 749.4 km · 498 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $300K · More affordable than 90% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 35/100 · Crime 71/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 51 · 1,002 residents
Liveability Rating
17 / 100 · Ranked #1505 in NSWEach bar is Mathoura'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 Mathoura?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
17 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMathoura's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $300,000, about 8% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$300,000
Based on 23 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 13 sales $302K
Land
$205,000
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mathoura are currently listed at around $730,000 on average. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.
$730K
4 houses listed in the last 6 months.
5 of the suburb's 400 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $425/wk
- 39 bonds
- +44% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $260/wk
- 16 bonds
- +56% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2710 (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 2025180 Affordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 17% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2710.
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.
Is Mathoura safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Mathoura sits in the high band, with 55 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 8% on the prior year.
55 offences
7.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
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
Murray River Council has published 14 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 Mathoura, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 52 students in one school (avg 52)
Primary
Walkability
Mathoura is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Mathoura.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 4.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 0.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 2.5 min
- Span of service
- 10.5 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 Mathoura.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 507
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
Murray River: 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
Mathoura is home to about 1,000 residents, with a median age of 51 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $52,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,002
Median Age
51
Median Household Income
$51,636/yr
Census Median Rent
$180/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,083/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$28,392/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
16.2%
Total Dwellings
400
Owner-Occupier Rate
83.7%
Houses
90.2%
Rental Stress
18.1%
Mortgage Stress
25.2%
Work From Home
16.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.7%
- Employment Rate
- 42.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 21.9%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
7.5% of residents (72) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (65).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 962 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $996 a year through Murray River based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 72%
- Environmental 27%
- Infrastructure and transport 1%
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: Murray River
In the year to August 2026, 144 new dwellings were approved across Murray River. That mix is 139 houses and 5 units. Approvals are down 16.1% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Moama 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.
Climate & Setting
from Deniliquin (Visitor Information Centre), 32.6 kmDry climate.
- Elevation
- 107 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 324 mm
- 45 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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.
EV adoption
In postcode 2710, 9 of 8,505 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.4% (122 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2710, 2,512 rooftop-solar systems totalling 20.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,457 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 141 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
3 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2710.
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 $300,000 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 David Farley One Nation — elected at the 2026 by-election, after the results below
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sussan Ley | 37.1% | 62.9% | +3.5 |
| 2022 | Sussan Ley | 33.6% | 66.3% | -3.5 |
| 2019 | Sussan Ley | 30.2% | 69.8% | -0.7 |
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 Helen Dalton Independent
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Helen Dalton IND | 66.0% |
| 2019 | Helen Dalton | 53.5% |
| 2015 | Adrian Piccoli NP | 72.7% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Mathoura?
Every figure above is a town 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 1,002 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 Mathoura
Is Mathoura a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mathoura is high (71/100, 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 Mathoura?
Mathoura has a low recorded bushfire history (35/100, 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 Mathoura a good place to live?
Mathoura has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (17/100), 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 Mathoura?
Mathoura, NSW had a population of 1,002 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mathoura, NSW?
The postcode for Mathoura, NSW is 2710.
How far is Mathoura from Sydney?
Mathoura is 749 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 498 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mathoura?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mathoura was $51,636 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 Mathoura?
There are too few current rental listings in Mathoura for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $180, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Mathoura?
The median age of residents in Mathoura was 51 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mathoura at risk of bushfire?
Mathoura has a low recorded bushfire history (35/100). 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 Mathoura?
There is 1 school inside the Mathoura boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Mathoura?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mathoura, Deniliquin (Visitor Information Centre) (32.6 km away), 324 mm of rain a year over 45 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mathoura?
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 Mathoura belong to?
Mathoura sits within the Murray River local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mathoura?
The average residential rates bill through Murray River is $996 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mathoura?
Across Murray River, 144 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 16.1% 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 Mathoura in?
Mathoura sits within the federal Division of Farrer, currently held by David Farley (One Nation).
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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
- 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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