Moama is a suburb in New South Wales, 778 km from Sydney CBD, around 8 hours 20 minutes by car. Population is 7,213; the median age is 49 and the median household income is $70,096 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 17.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $315 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,627. The area shows high crime risk. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Moama a good suburb?
Moama scores a D (27/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on schools and transit.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 4% in NSW
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 777.9 km · 500 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $695K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 24/100 · Crime 66/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 49 · 7,213 residents
Liveability Rating
27 / 100 · Ranked #1326 in NSWEach bar is Moama'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 Moama?
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Our score
27 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMoama's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $695,000, about 7% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$695,000
Based on 181 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 39 days — median across 103 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 79 sales $601K
- 4 bed 93 sales $850K
Land
$292,500
Based on 26 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 54 days — median across 15 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Moama are currently listed at around $888,000 on average. Based on 100 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$888K
100 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$365K
10 units listed in the last 6 months.
110 of the suburb's 2,724 dwellings (4.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Moama rent for around $680 a week on average, based on 45 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$680/wk
45 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$450/wk
5 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
50 rentals advertised against an estimated 580 rented homes (8.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $570/wk
- 22 bonds
- +44% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2731 (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 2025110 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2731.
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$680/week ($35,000 a year) on a $888,000 median
$450/week ($23,000 a year) on a $365,000 median
Based on a small sample (5 listings) — indicative only.
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 Moama safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Moama sits in the moderate band, with 362 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 28% on the prior year.
362 offences
28.3% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20251 crash
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb 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
Three schools serve Moama, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 834 students across 2 schools (avg 417)
- • Sectors: 1 Catholic, 1 Independent, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 889-1072, median 980 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Moama Anglican Grammar School (721 students)
Primary
Combined
Walkability
Moama 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 Moama.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 19.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 21.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.5 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 Moama.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 46%
- Premises covered
- 4,415
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 suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 20 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Moama is home to about 7,200 residents, with a median age of 49, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $70,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,213
Median Age
49
Median Household Income
$70,096/yr
Census Median Rent
$315/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,627/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$35,672/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.8%
Total Dwellings
2,724
Owner-Occupier Rate
78.7%
Houses
86.7%
Rental Stress
23.4%
Mortgage Stress
27.9%
Work From Home
11.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
18 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 39 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 550 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 85.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.8%
- Employment Rate
- 52.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 30.4%
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.
93 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.
11.4% of residents (780) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (720).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,833 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (21 of 3,143).
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.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 2,173 people work here; 3,143 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.7 per resident). At least 29% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 $996 a year through Murray River based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 83%
- Environmental 12%
- Residential 2%
- Infrastructure and transport 1%
- Not zoned 2%
Planning zones cover 99% of the suburb's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb 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 Echuca Aerodrome, 17.5 kmDry climate — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 96 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 406 mm
- 61 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.6°C
- 29 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.9°C
- 13 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb 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 2731, 10 of 3,970 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (94 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2731, 2,042 rooftop-solar systems totalling 15.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,239 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 206 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb.
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 $695,000 this is $95,000 above 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 suburb'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 suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Moama?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Moama
Is Moama a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Moama is moderate (66/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Moama?
Moama has a low recorded bushfire history (24/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Moama a good place to live?
Moama has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (27/100), 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 Moama?
Moama, NSW had a population of 7,213 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Moama, NSW?
The postcode for Moama, NSW is 2731.
How far is Moama from Sydney?
Moama is 778 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 500 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Moama?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Moama was $70,096 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 Moama?
The median advertised rent in Moama is $680 a week for houses (45 listings) and $450 a week for units (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Moama?
The median age of residents in Moama was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Moama at risk of bushfire?
Moama has a low recorded bushfire history (24/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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 Moama?
There are 3 schools inside the Moama boundary: 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Moama?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Moama, Echuca Aerodrome (17.5 km away), summer days average 31.6°C, winter nights 3.9°C, 406 mm of rain a year over 61 rainy days, and 29 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Moama?
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 Moama belong to?
Moama 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 Moama?
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 Moama?
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 Moama in?
Moama 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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