City profile
A quick snapshot of Broken Hill, drawn from official ABS estimates and the NSW Government's council data.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
- Population (ERP, 2023–24)
- 17,541OLG / ABS Estimated Resident Population.
- Area
- 170.1 km²
- Population density
- ~103 people per km²
- Region
- Far West NSW — a remote outback city, a local-government 'island' within the surrounding Unincorporated Far West
- Council classification
- Regional Town/City (OLG Group 4)
- Main centre
- Broken HillThe LGA is essentially the single city of Broken Hill. Silverton, a well-known film/tourism locality nearby, is a separate place in the Unincorporated Far West and is not part of this council area.
- Notable
- First Australian city on the National Heritage List (2015)The historic 'Silver City' and birthplace of BHP; home to the Living Desert reserve, a Royal Flying Doctor Service base, and a long film/tourism history. Broken Hill uses the 08 phone area code and has long, unofficially, kept Central Australia time.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Broken Hill2880
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
Broken Hill City Council covers a single, compact urban area — the city of Broken Hill (postcode 2880) — surrounded by the Unincorporated Far West rather than by other council areas. The shaded area on the map is the official Local Government Area boundary (OpenStreetMap administrative boundary for Broken Hill City Council).
Sources — check it yourself
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.