Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Wagga Wagga is a suburb in New South Wales, 458 km from Sydney CBD, around 4 hours 50 minutes by car. Population is 7,198; the median age is 38 and the median household income is $70,460 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The suburb grew 1.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $295 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. Wagga Wagga is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 5 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Wagga Wagga a good suburb?
Wagga Wagga scores a C (39/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools and safety.
Below the state average
5 schools · Bottom 14% in NSW
Very walkable
Walkability 84/100 · 458.2 km · 292 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $708K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 97/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 38 · 7,198 residents
Liveability Rating
39 / 100 · Ranked #1040 in NSWEach bar is Wagga Wagga'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 Wagga Wagga?
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Our score
39 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWagga Wagga's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $708,000, about 7% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$707,500
9% above its 4 neighbours (median $651,500)
Based on 166 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 35 days — median across 75 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 30 sales $563K
- 3 bed 91 sales $700K
- 4 bed 29 sales $900K
- 5 bed 6 sales $1.14M
Units
$415,000
8% above its 3 neighbours (median $382,500)
Based on 71 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 41 days — median across 33 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 7 sales $330K
- 2 bed 54 sales $418K
- 3 bed 7 sales $590K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Wagga Wagga are currently listed at around $874,000 on average. Based on 50 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$874K
50 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$449K
27 units listed in the last 6 months.
77 of the suburb's 3,297 dwellings (2.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Wagga Wagga rent for around $575 a week on average, based on 55 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$575/wk
5% above its 4 neighbours (median $550/wk)
55 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$430/wk
29 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
84 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,747 rented homes (4.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $550/wk
- 262 bonds
- +48% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $400/wk
- 84 bonds
- +48% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2650 (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 2650.
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$575/week ($30,000 a year) on a $874,000 median
$430/week ($22,000 a year) on a $449,000 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 Wagga Wagga safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Wagga Wagga sits in the high band, with 2,015 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 5% on the prior year.
2,015 offences
4.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202535 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
Where they happened
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
Wagga Wagga City Council has published 6 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
- Tarcutta, Ladysmith and Uranquinty Floodplain Risk Management Studies and Plans 2021
- Wagga Wagga Major Overland Flow Floodplain Risk management Study and Plan 2021
- Wagga Wagga Revised Murrumbidgee River Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2018
- Tarcutta, Ladysmith & Uranquinty Flood Studies 2014
- Murrumbidgee River - Flood Modelling 2011
Schools
Five schools serve Wagga Wagga, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 872 students across 3 schools (avg 291)
- • Sectors: 2 Independent, 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1008-1050, median 1027 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Wagga Wagga Public School (440 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Wagga Wagga is very walkable on foot — at 84/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 23 parks and 15 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Wagga Wagga.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 66.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 54.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 55.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 11.4 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 Wagga Wagga.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 23%
- Premises covered
- 6,122
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
Wagga Wagga: 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 18 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Wagga Wagga is home to about 7,200 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $70,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,198
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$70,460/yr
Census Median Rent
$295/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
1.9
Median Personal Income
$42,588/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
12.4%
Total Dwellings
3,297
Owner-Occupier Rate
47.0%
Houses
53.7%
Rental Stress
21.8%
Mortgage Stress
25.8%
Work From Home
9.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
100 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 45 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,666 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 77.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 80.5%
- Employment Rate
- 57.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 46.3%
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.
516 residents (7.2%) 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.
9.1% of residents (622) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (351).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,849 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 (30 of 3,647).
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 13,862 people work here; 3,647 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 3.8 jobs for every working resident. At least 73% 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 $1,254 a year through Wagga Wagga based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 37%
- Parks and recreation 23%
- Infrastructure and transport 15%
- Industrial 8%
- Commercial 8%
- Environmental 6%
- Rural and farming 3%
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: Wagga Wagga
In the year to August 2026, 548 new dwellings were approved across Wagga Wagga. That mix is 346 houses and 202 units. Approvals are up 139.1% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Wagga Wagga 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 7.7 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 7 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 23.1 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 14 · ozone 0.
From the Wagga Wagga North monitoring station, 0.5 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Wagga Wagga AMO, 10.5 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 180 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 565 mm
- 67 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.8°C
- 26 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.4°C
- 24 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.6 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus
- 2.3 km
- 3.4 km
EV adoption
In postcode 2650, 197 of 49,871 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.8% (1,902 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2650, 11,192 rooftop-solar systems totalling 77.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 25,006 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 731 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
11 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 18 across postcode 2650.
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 $707,500 this is $107,500 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 Michael Mccormack The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michael Mccormack | 37.4% | 62.6% | -2.9 |
| 2022 | Michael Mccormack | 35.1% | 64.8% | -4.6 |
| 2019 | Michael Mccormack | 30.5% | 69.5% | +3.0 |
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 Joe McGirr Independent
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Joe McGirr IND | 72.4% |
| 2019 | Joe McGirr IND | 65.5% |
| 2015 | Daryl Maguire LP | 62.9% |
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.
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Common questions about Wagga Wagga
Is Wagga Wagga a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Wagga Wagga is high (97/100, 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 Wagga Wagga?
Wagga Wagga has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Wagga Wagga a good place to live?
Wagga Wagga has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (39/100), 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 Wagga Wagga?
Wagga Wagga, NSW had a population of 7,198 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Wagga Wagga, NSW?
The postcode for Wagga Wagga, NSW is 2650.
How far is Wagga Wagga from Sydney?
Wagga Wagga is 458 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 292 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Wagga Wagga?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Wagga Wagga was $70,460 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 Wagga Wagga?
The median advertised rent in Wagga Wagga is $575 a week for houses (55 listings) and $430 a week for units (29 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Wagga Wagga?
The median age of residents in Wagga Wagga was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Wagga Wagga?
There are 5 schools inside the Wagga Wagga boundary: 1 at and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Wagga Wagga walkable?
Wagga Wagga scores 84/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. 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 Wagga Wagga?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Wagga Wagga (Wagga Wagga North) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 7.7 µg/m³ and PM10 of 23.1 µg/m³. That puts Wagga Wagga 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 Wagga Wagga?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga AMO (10.5 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.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Wagga Wagga?
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 Wagga Wagga belong to?
Wagga Wagga sits within the Wagga Wagga local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Wagga Wagga?
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.
How much is being built near Wagga Wagga?
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.
Which federal electorate is Wagga Wagga in?
Wagga Wagga sits within the federal Division of Riverina, currently held by Michael Mccormack (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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