Werris Creek NSW 2341
Werris Creek is a town in New South Wales, 373 km from Sydney CBD, around 4 hours 35 minutes by car. Population is 1,478; the median age is 50 and the median household income is $48,932 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population fell 6.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $220 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $906. The area shows high crime risk. All 1 school within the town boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Werris Creek a good town?
Werris Creek scores a D (18/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit, safety, and community.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 14/100 · 372.7 km · 273 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $340K · More affordable than 85% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 24/100 · Crime 86/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 50 · 1,478 residents
Liveability Rating
18 / 100 · Ranked #1502 in NSWEach bar is Werris Creek'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 Werris Creek?
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Our score
18 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWerris Creek's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $340,000, roughly 23% above where it sat a year earlier.
$340,000
Based on 39 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 52 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $275K
- 3 bed 18 sales $358K
- 4 bed 8 sales $374K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Werris Creek are currently listed at around $420,000 on average. Based on 10 houses listed in the past six months.
$420K
10 houses listed in the last 6 months.
10 of the suburb's 619 dwellings (1.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Werris Creek rent for around $420 a week on average, based on 4 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$420/wk
4 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
4 rentals advertised against an estimated 152 rented homes (2.6%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$420/week ($22,000 a year) on a $420,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 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 Werris Creek safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Werris Creek sits in the high band, with 119 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 23% on the prior year.
119 offences
22.7% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20255 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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
Liverpool Plains Shire Council has published 3 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 Werris Creek, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Werris Creek Public School leads the pack.
- • 68 students in one school (avg 68)
Primary
Walkability
Werris Creek is very car-dependent on foot — at 14/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Werris Creek.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 18.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 6.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 2.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 13.6 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 Werris Creek.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 20%
- Premises covered
- 871
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
Liverpool Plains: 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 5 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Werris Creek is home to about 1,500 residents, with a median age of 50 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $49,000 a year, with unemployment at 9.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,478
Median Age
50
Median Household Income
$48,932/yr
Census Median Rent
$220/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$906/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$25,896/yr
Unemployment Rate
9.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.7%
Total Dwellings
619
Owner-Occupier Rate
75.4%
Houses
95.6%
Rental Stress
23.4%
Mortgage Stress
22.2%
Work From Home
12.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
13 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 5 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 144 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 88.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.9%
- Employment Rate
- 39.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 19.4%
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.
0 residents (0.0%) 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.
3.3% of residents (47) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (31).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,407 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
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $934 a year through Liverpool Plains based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 97%
- 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: Liverpool Plains
In the year to August 2026, 12 new dwellings were approved across Liverpool Plains. That mix is 10 houses and 2 units. Approvals are up 33.3% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Nungaroo 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 Quirindi Post Office, 18.7 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, frosty winters.
- Elevation
- 362 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 650 mm
- 67 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.6°C
- 33 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 2.6°C
- 32 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.5 kmCoal MiningTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 2341, 0 of 1,173 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.1% (13 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2341, 359 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 681 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 30 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 $340,000 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 Barnaby Joyce The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Barnaby Joyce | 32.9% | 67.1% | -1.9 |
| 2022 | Barnaby Joyce | 33.6% | 66.4% | -1.2 |
| 2019 | Barnaby Joyce | 32.4% | 67.6% | +1.2 |
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 Kevin Anderson The Nationals
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kevin Anderson NP | 65.8% |
| 2019 | Kevin Anderson NP | 71.1% |
| 2015 | Kevin Anderson NP | 60.0% |
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 Werris Creek?
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 1,478 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 Werris Creek
Is Werris Creek a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Werris Creek is high (86/100, 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 Werris Creek?
Werris Creek has a low recorded bushfire history (24/100, 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 Werris Creek a good place to live?
Werris Creek has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (18/100), 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 Werris Creek?
Werris Creek, NSW had a population of 1,478 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Werris Creek, NSW?
The postcode for Werris Creek, NSW is 2341.
How far is Werris Creek from Sydney?
Werris Creek is 373 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 273 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Werris Creek?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Werris Creek was $48,932 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 Werris Creek?
The median advertised rent in Werris Creek is $420 a week for houses (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Werris Creek?
The median age of residents in Werris Creek was 50 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Werris Creek at risk of bushfire?
Werris Creek 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 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 Werris Creek?
There is 1 school inside the Werris Creek boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Werris Creek walkable?
Werris Creek scores 14/100 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.
What is the weather like in Werris Creek?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Werris Creek, Quirindi Post Office (18.7 km away), summer days average 32.6°C, winter nights 2.6°C, 650 mm of rain a year over 67 rainy days, and 33 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Werris Creek?
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 Werris Creek belong to?
Werris Creek sits within the Liverpool Plains local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Werris Creek?
The average residential rates bill through Liverpool Plains is $934 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Werris Creek?
Across Liverpool Plains, 12 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 33.3% 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 Werris Creek in?
Werris Creek sits within the federal Division of New England, currently held by Barnaby Joyce (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
- 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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