Bland crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales council area

Bland is a council area in New South Wales with about 5,455 residents. It has a Crime Score 57 out of 100 (moderate), 142nd of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (64th percentile), robbery (78th percentile), break-ins (59th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 33.

In 2024-25: violent 1,320 per 100,000 (+96% vs five years earlier); property 2,420 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier); break-ins 385 per 100,000 (+45% vs five years earlier); theft 752 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 60th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Bland council area is 2.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.3% of occupied homes (32 public and 17 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 26 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 47.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.3% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.9% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 2.1% of homes; about 46.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.4% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

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Suburbs in the Bland council area

Alleena · Back Creek · Barmedman · Bland · Burcher · Lake Cowal · North Yalgogrin · Quandialla · West Wyalong · Wyalong

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