West Tamworth NSW 2340
Located in New South Wales, West Tamworth sits 406 km from Sydney CBD, around 4 hours 55 minutes by car. The suburb has 5,471 residents, a median age of 34, and a median household income of $54,756 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 5.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $275 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows high crime risk. Of 3 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is West Tamworth a good suburb?
West Tamworth scores a C (42/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, transit, and prices, weaker on safety and community.
Above the state average
3 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 10% in NSW
Very walkable
Walkability 75/100 · 406.3 km · 293 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $440K · More affordable than 81% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 22/100 · Crime 98/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 34 · 5,471 residents
Liveability Rating
42 / 100 · Ranked #962 in NSWEach bar is West Tamworth'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 West Tamworth?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
42 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWest Tamworth's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $440,000, roughly 39% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$440,000
37% below its 4 neighbours (median $697,300)
Based on 53 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 57 days — median across 11 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $395K
- 3 bed 37 sales $435K
- 4 bed 6 sales $534K
Land
$130,000
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in West Tamworth are currently listed at around $565,000 on average. Based on 10 houses listed in the past six months.
$565K
10 houses listed in the last 6 months.
10 of the suburb's 2,082 dwellings (0.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in West Tamworth rent for around $430 a week on average, based on 23 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$430/wk
23% below its 3 neighbours (median $560/wk)
23 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
25 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,112 rented homes (2.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $500/wk
- 220 bonds
- +41% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $380/wk
- 85 bonds
- +38% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2340 (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 2025119 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 25% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2340.
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$430/week ($22,000 a year) on a $565,000 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 West Tamworth safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in West Tamworth sits in the high band, with 1,519 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 13% on the prior year.
1,519 offences
12.7% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202528 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
Tamworth Regional Council has published 8 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 West Tamworth, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Peel High School and St Joseph's Primary School lead the pack.
- • 1,184 students across 3 schools (avg 395)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 831-1003, median 908 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Peel High School (629 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
West Tamworth is very walkable on foot — at 75/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 10 parks and 4 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside West Tamworth.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 87.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 53.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 21.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 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 West Tamworth.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 32%
- Premises covered
- 2,989
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
Tamworth: 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 15 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
West Tamworth is home to about 5,500 residents, with a median age of 34, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $55,000 a year, with unemployment at 10.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,471
Median Age
34
Median Household Income
$54,756/yr
Census Median Rent
$275/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$32,448/yr
Unemployment Rate
10.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.0%
Total Dwellings
2,082
Owner-Occupier Rate
46.6%
Houses
80.6%
Rental Stress
26.1%
Mortgage Stress
28.5%
Work From Home
9.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
199 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 43 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,060 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 75.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 77.2%
- Employment Rate
- 43.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 23.5%
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.
259 residents (4.7%) 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.
4.3% of residents (217) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (132).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 5,097 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 $1,397 a year through Tamworth based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 52%
- Rural and farming 25%
- Parks and recreation 20%
- Industrial 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: Tamworth
In the year to August 2026, 390 new dwellings were approved across Tamworth. That mix is 270 houses and 120 units. Approvals are down 34.9% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Tamworth 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 5.8 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 13.6 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.35 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0.
From the Tamworth monitoring station, 1.2 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Woolbrook (Woolbrook Road), 44.8 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, frosty winters.
- Elevation
- 398 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 784 mm
- 84 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 27.5°C
- 3 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 0.1°C
- 75 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
7 facilities within 5 km- 0.7 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Toluene (methylbenzene) · n-Hexane
- 0.8 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 0.9 kmOther Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 0.9 kmPoultry ProcessingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.4 km
EV adoption
In postcode 2340, 134 of 43,639 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.4% (1,474 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2340, 9,908 rooftop-solar systems totalling 72.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 21,162 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 577 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
14 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2340.
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 $440,000 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 suburb'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 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 West Tamworth?
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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 West Tamworth
Is West Tamworth a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in West Tamworth is high (98/100, 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 West Tamworth?
West Tamworth has a low recorded bushfire history (22/100, 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 West Tamworth a good place to live?
West Tamworth has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (42/100), 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 West Tamworth?
West Tamworth, NSW had a population of 5,471 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for West Tamworth, NSW?
The postcode for West Tamworth, NSW is 2340.
How far is West Tamworth from Sydney?
West Tamworth is 406 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 293 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in West Tamworth?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in West Tamworth was $54,756 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 West Tamworth?
The median advertised rent in West Tamworth is $430 a week for houses (23 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in West Tamworth?
The median age of residents in West Tamworth was 34 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is West Tamworth at risk of bushfire?
West Tamworth has a low recorded bushfire history (22/100). 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 West Tamworth?
There are 3 schools inside the West Tamworth boundary: 2 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is West Tamworth walkable?
West Tamworth scores 75/100 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 West Tamworth?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to West Tamworth (Tamworth) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.8 µg/m³ and PM10 of 13.6 µg/m³. That puts West Tamworth 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 West Tamworth?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to West Tamworth, Woolbrook (Woolbrook Road) (44.8 km away), summer days average 27.5°C, winter nights 0.1°C, 784 mm of rain a year over 84 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in West Tamworth?
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 West Tamworth belong to?
West Tamworth sits within the Tamworth local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in West Tamworth?
The average residential rates bill through Tamworth is $1,397 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near West Tamworth?
Across Tamworth, 390 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 34.9% 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 West Tamworth in?
West Tamworth 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
- 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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