Suburb profile

Bourke NSW 2840

Bourke is located in the Far West and Orana region of New South Wales, postcode 2840. It has 1,600 properties across 60 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Bourke, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Bourke

Bourke, NSW 2840, sits in the Far West and Orana region and neighbours Brewarrina, Byrock, Gumbalie and Gunderbooka. Its 60 streets hold 1,600 properties, 1,476 of them houses and 124 units.

Census figures are for the Bourke - Brewarrina area. It had 3,428 residents, a median age of 36 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,358 a week, the median mortgage repayment $867 a month and the median rent $160 a week. Of 1,149 dwellings, 1,051 were separate houses, 38 semi-detached, 18 flats and 11 other; 342 were owned outright, 212 owned with a mortgage and 466 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Bourke

  • 3,428Peoplelive in the area
  • 36Median ageyears
  • $1,358Median household incomea week
  • $160Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,051
  • Townhouses and semis38
  • Flats and apartments18
  • Other11

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$867a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 342Owned with a mortgage 212Rented 466Other 129

Schools in Bourke

  • Accelerate Christian Academy - Bourke

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

  • Bourke Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Bourke-Walgett School of Distance Education

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Ignatius' Parish School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Bourke

A

  1. Adams Street11 properties
  2. Adelaide Street32 properties
  3. Anson Street133 properties

B

  1. Becker Street12 properties
  2. Bloxham Street10 properties
  3. Bogan Lane2 properties
  4. Bourke-Milparinka Road12 properties
  5. Bourke-Wilcannia Road7 properties

C

  1. Charles Street8 properties
  2. Church Street11 properties
  3. Coomah Street10 properties
  4. Culgoa Street25 properties
  5. Cullie Street14 properties

D

  1. Darling Street97 properties
  2. Davis Place2 properties
  3. Denman Street10 properties
  4. Dowling Track Road6 properties
  5. Dry Bogan Road2 properties

F

  1. Federation Street5 properties

G

  1. Glen Street13 properties
  2. Gorrell Avenue7 properties
  3. Green Street33 properties

H

  1. Hamilton Place13 properties
  2. Harris Street15 properties
  3. High Street13 properties
  4. Hope Street116 properties
  5. Hume Place10 properties

J

  1. Janbeth Road4 properties

K

  1. Kamilaroi Highway11 properties
  2. Kidman Way7 properties

L

  1. Long Meadows Road4 properties

M

  1. Meadows Road25 properties
  2. Meek Street23 properties
  3. Mertin Street109 properties
  4. Millen Street1 property
  5. Mitchell Highway21 properties
  6. Mitchell Lane2 properties
  7. Mitchell Street105 properties
  8. Moculta Street50 properties
  9. Monomeeth Street1 property
  10. Mooculta Street48 properties
  11. Morven Street1 property

O

  1. Oxley Street110 properties

P

  1. Parkdale Road27 properties
  2. Polygonum Road7 properties

R

  1. Richard Street37 properties
  2. River Road8 properties

S

  1. Short Street81 properties
  2. Sturt Street28 properties

T

  1. Tancred Drive7 properties
  2. Tarcoon Street44 properties
  3. Toorale Road1 property
  4. Tudor Street104 properties

W

  1. Warraweena Street14 properties
  2. Warrego Street6 properties
  3. Weir Road4 properties
  4. Wilson Street24 properties
  5. Wortumertie Street33 properties

Y

  1. Yambacoona Street10 properties
  2. Yanda Street14 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.