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What it costs to live in Snowy Valleys, NSW
Snowy Valleys council area, New South Wales. About 15,058 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
$400
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
The regulator reports this area with its neighbours, or kept some months private, so there's no figure for Snowy Valleys 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
202c
A litre, on average, at 8 stations here over the year to September 2026. That's 10c more than the NSW average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Violent crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 184 of these in Snowy Valleys. That's 1,230 for every 100,000 people, or about the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,040, so it has gone up 18%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 184 | 1,230 | 1,183 |
| 2024–25 | 177 | 1,184 | 1,171 |
| 2023–24 | 194 | 1,297 | 1,156 |
| 2022–23 | 220 | 1,473 | 1,084 |
| 2021–22 | 184 | 1,232 | 981 |
| 2020–21 | 155 | 1,040 | 1,055 |
| 2019–20 | 198 | 1,332 | 1,009 |
| 2018–19 | 166 | 1,147 | 1,008 |
| 2017–18 | 172 | 1,185 | 999 |
| 2016–17 | 182 | 1,250 | 1,000 |
Property crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 256 of these in Snowy Valleys. That's 1,712 for every 100,000 people, or about the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,570, so it has gone up 9%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 256 | 1,712 | 1,622 |
| 2024–25 | 227 | 1,518 | 1,589 |
| 2023–24 | 219 | 1,464 | 1,651 |
| 2022–23 | 175 | 1,172 | 1,572 |
| 2021–22 | 179 | 1,198 | 1,381 |
| 2020–21 | 234 | 1,570 | 1,544 |
| 2019–20 | 273 | 1,837 | 1,826 |
| 2018–19 | 396 | 2,736 | 2,022 |
| 2017–18 | 481 | 3,314 | 2,066 |
| 2016–17 | 458 | 3,146 | 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 Snowy Valleys
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Adelong
- Argalong
- Bangadang
- Batlow
- Bimberi
- Black Creek (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Blowering
- Bogong Peaks Wilderness
- Bombowlee
- Bombowlee Creek
- Brindabella
- Bringenbrong
- Brungle
- Brungle Creek
- Buddong
- Burra (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Cabramurra
- Califat
- Cooleman
- Cooleys Creek
- Courabyra
- Couragago
- Darlow
- Ellerslie (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Gadara
- Geehi
- Gilmore
- Glenroy (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Gocup
- Goobarragandra
- Grahamstown
- Green Hills (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Greg Greg
- Indi
- Jagumba
- Jagungal Wilderness
- Jingellic (part)
- Jones Bridge
- Khancoban
- Killimicat
- Kosciuszko
- Kunama
- Lacmalac
- Laurel Hill
- Little River
- Long Plain (Snowy Monaro Regional - NSW) (part)
- Lower Bago
- Mannus
- Maragle
- Minjary
- Mount Adrah (part)
- Mount Horeb
- Munderoo
- Mundongo
- Murray Gorge
- Nurenmerenmong
- Ournie
- Paddys River (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Pilot Wilderness
- Pinbeyan
- Red Hill (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Rosewood (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Sandy Gully
- Sharps Creek
- Talbingo
- Taradale
- Tooma
- Tumbarumba
- Tumorrama
- Tumut
- Tumut Plains
- Welaregang
- Wereboldera
- Wermatong
- Westdale (Snowy Valleys - NSW)
- Westwood
- Willigobung
- Windowie
- Wondalga
- Wyangle
- Yarrangobilly
- Yaven Creek
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 Snowy Valleys 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). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). 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.