Suburb profile
Tamworth NSW 2340
Tamworth is located in the New England and North West region of New South Wales, postcode 2340. It has 2,114 properties across 59 streets. Explore every street in Tamworth, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Tamworth
Tamworth, NSW 2340, sits in the New England and North West region and neighbours North Tamworth, South Tamworth, Taminda and West Tamworth. Its 59 streets hold 2,114 properties, 1,343 of them houses and 771 units.
Census figures are for the area Tamworth - North, which covers most of the suburb. It had 16,517 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,513 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,543 a month and the median rent $320 a week. Of 6,385 dwellings, 5,042 were separate houses, 1,018 semi-detached, 222 flats and 50 other; 1,872 were owned outright, 1,788 owned with a mortgage and 2,449 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Tamworth
- 16,517Peoplelive in the area
- 38Median ageyears
- $1,513Median household incomea week
- $320Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses5,042
- Townhouses and semis1,018
- Flats and apartments222
- Other50
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,543a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Tamworth
Calrossy Anglican School - William Cowper Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Carinya Christian School Tamworth
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Hillvue Public School
GovernmentPrimary
Liberty College
IndependentPrimary
Oxley Vale Public School
GovernmentPrimary
St Nicholas' Primary School
CatholicPrimary
Tamworth Public School
GovernmentPrimary
Tamworth South Public School
GovernmentPrimary
Calrossy Anglican School
IndependentSecondary
Calrossy Anglican School - Simpson House Campus
IndependentSecondary
Calrossy Anglican School - William Cowper Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Carinya Christian School Tamworth
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Peel High School
GovernmentSecondary
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Neighbouring suburbs
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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.