Mulwala sits 645 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 6 hours 45 minutes by car. Census data records 2,557 residents with a median age of 53 and a median household income of $61,620 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 18.3% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $270 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,509. 1 school sits within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Mulwala a good town?
Mulwala scores a C (30/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 645.1 km · 407 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $750K · Cheaper than 80% of NSW
Moderate crime risk
Fire 29/100 · Crime 52/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 53 · 2,557 residents
Liveability Rating
30 / 100 · Ranked #1255 in NSWEach bar is Mulwala'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.
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Our score
30 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMulwala's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $750,000, roughly 20% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$750,000
Based on 87 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 70 days — median across 43 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 33 sales $549K
- 4 bed 30 sales $840K
- 5 bed 11 sales $1.3M
Units
$434,000
Based on 30 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 54 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 13 sales $385K
- 3 bed 11 sales $578K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mulwala are currently listed at around $880,000 on average. Based on 28 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$880K
28 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$462K
8 units listed in the last 6 months.
36 of the suburb's 988 dwellings (3.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Mulwala rent for around $550 a week on average, based on 11 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$550/wk
11 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$410/wk
5 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
16 rentals advertised against an estimated 193 rented homes (8.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $520/wk
- 18 bonds
- +49% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2647 (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 2025114 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2647.
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$550/week ($29,000 a year) on a $880,000 median
$410/week ($21,000 a year) on a $462,000 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 Mulwala safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Mulwala sits in the moderate band, with 112 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 13% on the prior year.
112 offences
13.2% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025No crash in Mulwala killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.
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
Federation Council has published 9 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 Mulwala, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 48 students in one school (avg 48)
Primary
Walkability
Mulwala 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 Mulwala.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 16.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 6.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 8.4 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 Mulwala.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 42%
- Premises covered
- 1,888
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
Federation: 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 7 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Mulwala is home to about 2,600 residents, with a median age of 53 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $62,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,557
Median Age
53
Median Household Income
$61,620/yr
Census Median Rent
$270/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,509/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$33,176/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
35.4%
Total Dwellings
988
Owner-Occupier Rate
80.5%
Houses
86.9%
Rental Stress
22.8%
Mortgage Stress
29.4%
Work From Home
10.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.6%
- Employment Rate
- 47.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 27.9%
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.
13 residents (0.5%) 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.
8.8% of residents (214) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (204).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,438 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 1,164 people work here; 1,021 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.1 per resident). At least 11% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
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 $951 a year through Federation based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 82%
- Environmental 12%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Residential 2%
- Zones under 1% 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: Federation
In the year to August 2026, 47 new dwellings were approved across Federation. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 37.5% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Cummeragunja 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 Corowa Airport, 28.8 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 124 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 3.2% of addresses
- 86 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 540 mm
- 66 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.0°C
- 31 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.4°C
- 18 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.
EV adoption
In postcode 2647, 6 of 1,632 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.2% (36 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2647, 846 rooftop-solar systems totalling 6.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,338 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 47 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 $750,000 this is $150,000 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 town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Justin Clancy Liberal
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Justin Clancy LP | 66.3% |
| 2019 | Justin Clancy LP | 66.0% |
| 2015 | Greg Aplin LP | 63.2% |
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 Mulwala?
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- 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 Mulwala
Is Mulwala a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mulwala is moderate (52/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Mulwala?
Mulwala has a low recorded bushfire history (29/100, 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 Mulwala a good place to live?
Mulwala has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (30/100), 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 Mulwala?
Mulwala, NSW had a population of 2,557 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mulwala, NSW?
The postcode for Mulwala, NSW is 2647.
How far is Mulwala from Sydney?
Mulwala is 645 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 407 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mulwala?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mulwala was $61,620 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 Mulwala?
The median advertised rent in Mulwala is $550 a week for houses (11 listings) and $410 a week for units (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Mulwala?
The median age of residents in Mulwala was 53 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mulwala at risk of bushfire?
Mulwala has a low recorded bushfire history (29/100). 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 Mulwala?
There is 1 school inside the Mulwala boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Mulwala?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mulwala, Corowa Airport (28.8 km away), summer days average 32°C, winter nights 3.4°C, 540 mm of rain a year over 66 rainy days, and 31 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mulwala?
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 Mulwala belong to?
Mulwala sits within the Federation local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mulwala?
The average residential rates bill through Federation is $951 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mulwala?
Across Federation, 47 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 37.5% 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 Mulwala in?
Mulwala 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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