Moorong ^{NSW 2650}

Recorded crime in Moorong is high (95/100, 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.

Moorong has a low recorded bushfire history (31/100, 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.

Moorong, NSW had a population of 175 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

The postcode for Moorong, NSW is 2650.

Moorong is 462 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 296 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Moorong was $153,348 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

There are too few current rental listings in Moorong for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $300, across all dwelling types.

The median age of residents in Moorong was 37 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Moorong has a low recorded bushfire history (31/100). 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.

There is 1 school inside the Moorong boundary, none of which has enough NAPLAN and ICSEA data for a quality band.

Moorong scores 6/100 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.

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Moorong (Wagga Wagga North) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 7.7 µg/m³ and PM10 of 23.1 µg/m³. That puts Moorong below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Moorong, Wagga Wagga AMO (14.2 km away), summer days average 31.8°C, winter nights 3.4°C, 565 mm of rain a year over 67 rainy days, and 26 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

The median sale price for houses in Moorong was $1,575,000 in the Q4 2025 quarter, based on a small sample of 4 sales — take as indicative.

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.

Moorong sits within the Wagga Wagga local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

The average residential rates bill through Wagga Wagga is $1,254 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

Across Wagga Wagga, 548 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 139.1% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Moorong sits within the federal Division of Riverina, currently held by Michael Mccormack (The Nationals).