Suburb profile

Wilcannia NSW 2836

Wilcannia is located in the Far West and Orana region of New South Wales, postcode 2836. It has 1,089 properties across 58 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Wilcannia, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Wilcannia

Wilcannia, NSW 2836, sits in the Far West and Orana region and neighbours Bulla, Ivanhoe, Little Topar and Noona. Its 58 streets hold 1,089 properties, 980 of them houses and 109 units.

Census figures are for the Far West area. It had 2,288 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,103 a week, the median mortgage repayment $932 a month and the median rent $150 a week. Of 776 dwellings, 635 were separate houses, 23 semi-detached, 6 flats and 12 other; 329 were owned outright, 81 owned with a mortgage and 241 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Wilcannia

  • 2,288Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $1,103Median household incomea week
  • $150Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses635
  • Townhouses and semis23
  • Flats and apartments6
  • Other12

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$932a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 329Owned with a mortgage 81Rented 241Other 125

Schools in Wilcannia

  • St Therese's Community Parish School

    CatholicPrimary

  • Wilcannia Central School

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Wilcannia

A

  1. Adams Street16 properties

B

  1. Baden Park Road4 properties
  2. Barkandji Drive55 properties
  3. Barkindji Drive24 properties
  4. Barrier Highway36 properties
  5. Bonney Street4 properties
  6. Bourke Street47 properties
  7. Byrnes Street22 properties

C

  1. Cleaton Street12 properties
  2. Cobb Highway12 properties
  3. Cultowa Road2 properties

D

  1. Desailly Street1 property
  2. Dickens Street1 property
  3. Dry Lake Road2 properties

E

  1. East Tilpa Road11 properties
  2. Elizabeth Street17 properties

F

  1. Field Street18 properties

G

  1. Glendara Road8 properties

H

  1. Hood Street126 properties

J

  1. James Street52 properties

K

  1. Kookaburra Lane3 properties

M

  1. Mandalay Road2 properties
  2. Martin Street19 properties
  3. Mcintyre Street11 properties
  4. Mcrae Street6 properties
  5. Middle Lane4 properties
  6. Murray Street10 properties
  7. Myers Street11 properties

N

  1. Norma Downs Road3 properties

O

  1. Opal Miners Way15 properties

P

  1. Palmer Street12 properties
  2. Parundji Drive3 properties
  3. Pelican Lane2 properties
  4. Pernawilla Norma Downs Road1 property
  5. Purnawilla Norma Downs Road7 properties

R

  1. Reid Lane2 properties
  2. Reid Street140 properties
  3. River Lane2 properties
  4. Ross Street41 properties

S

  1. Springdale-Cultowa Road1 property
  2. St Therese Street1 property

T

  1. Tilpa Road1 property
  2. Tilpa Tonga Road7 properties

V

  1. Victory Crescent2 properties

W

  1. Wanaaring Road10 properties
  2. Warrali Avenue18 properties
  3. Warrawong Road3 properties
  4. Wentworth Road11 properties
  5. West Bend Road4 properties
  6. West Tilpa Road17 properties
  7. West Wilcannia Road8 properties
  8. Wilcannia Menindee Road9 properties
  9. Wilcannia Wanaaring Road34 properties
  10. Wilcannia-White Cliffs Road1 property
  11. Wills Street3 properties
  12. Wilson Street33 properties
  13. Wiradjuri Drive3 properties
  14. Woore Street159 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.