Suburb profile

Purlewaugh NSW 2357

Purlewaugh is located in the Far West and Orana region of New South Wales, postcode 2357. It has 131 properties across 17 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Purlewaugh, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Purlewaugh

Purlewaugh, NSW 2357, sits in the Far West and Orana region and neighbours Nombi, Rocky Glen, Tambar Springs and Ulamambri. Its 17 streets hold 131 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Coonabarabran area. It had 7,921 residents, a median age of 50 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,079 a week, the median mortgage repayment $871 a month and the median rent $200 a week. Of 2,878 dwellings, 2,730 were separate houses, 31 semi-detached, 61 flats and 23 other; 1,411 were owned outright, 678 owned with a mortgage and 582 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Purlewaugh

  • 7,921Peoplelive in the area
  • 50Median ageyears
  • $1,079Median household incomea week
  • $200Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,730
  • Townhouses and semis31
  • Flats and apartments61
  • Other23

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$871a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,411Owned with a mortgage 678Rented 582Other 207

Streets in Purlewaugh

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.

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