Hungerford is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Bourke local government area (postcode 2840). It is home to about 12 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $247K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -2.4% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English.
The current median weekly rent is $280.
The crime rate in the Bourke LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -2.4% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.