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What it costs to live in Brewarrina, NSW
Brewarrina council area, New South Wales. About 1,396 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of New South Wales.
Rent
We don't have a recent rent figure for this council area yet.
Pokies losses
The regulator reports this area with its neighbours, or kept some months private, so there's no figure for Brewarrina on its own.
See what we knowElectricity
$2,604
A year on the default offer in the Essential Energy network area, for 4,600 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $2,396.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
220c
A litre, on average, at 1 station here over the year to September 2026. That's 28c more than the NSW average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Violent crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 76 of these in Brewarrina. Fewer than 3,000 people live here, so a rate per 100,000 would jump around too much to mean anything. We leave it out.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 76 | – | 1,183 |
| 2024–25 | 97 | – | 1,171 |
| 2023–24 | 103 | – | 1,156 |
| 2022–23 | 91 | – | 1,084 |
| 2021–22 | 103 | – | 981 |
| 2020–21 | 112 | – | 1,055 |
| 2019–20 | 103 | – | 1,009 |
| 2018–19 | 101 | – | 1,008 |
| 2017–18 | 77 | – | 999 |
| 2016–17 | 114 | – | 1,000 |
Property crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 71 of these in Brewarrina. Fewer than 3,000 people live here, so a rate per 100,000 would jump around too much to mean anything. We leave it out.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 71 | – | 1,622 |
| 2024–25 | 102 | – | 1,589 |
| 2023–24 | 119 | – | 1,651 |
| 2022–23 | 85 | – | 1,572 |
| 2021–22 | 51 | – | 1,381 |
| 2020–21 | 78 | – | 1,544 |
| 2019–20 | 48 | – | 1,826 |
| 2018–19 | 124 | – | 2,022 |
| 2017–18 | 104 | – | 2,066 |
| 2016–17 | 158 | – | 2,184 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Brewarrina
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Angledool (part)
- Brewarrina
- Byrock (part)
- Collerina
- Enngonia (part)
- Gongolgon
- Goodooga
- Narran Lake
- Talawanta
- The Marra (part)
- Weilmoringle
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Brewarrina with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: NSW Government FuelCheck, CC BY-SA, so the fuel figure can be reused under the same licence.