3,355 rural lots across 36 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.
Council boundary outlined; each circle is one rural suburb sized by rural-lot count. Click a circle to open the suburb page. Toggle the Capability / Bushfire / Flood overlays in the top-left.
Distribution of NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 3,355 rural lots in Ballina Shire Council.
30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this suburb, drawn from BOM 30-year normals (~1,820 weather stations, KNN to lot centroids).
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.
Share of rural lots in Ballina Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Ballina Shire Council.
Registered RU-zoned sales across Ballina Shire Council, last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Ballina Shire Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Ballina Shire Council; the rural-only $/ha rate above is the rural benchmark.
Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.
Click any column header to sort. Capability is the median LSC class across rural lots; carbon is mean tCO₂e/ha; $/ha is the median 5-year rural sale rate (H/M/L pill = data confidence).
| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Tintenbar 2478 | 332 |
| Alstonville 2477 | 221 |
| Teven 2478 | 214 |
| East Wardell 2478 | 190 |
| Pimlico 2478 | 175 |
| Alstonvale 2477 | 174 |
| Meerschaum Vale 2477 | 141 |
| Wardell 2477 | 136 |
| Uralba 2477 | 122 |
| Tuckombil 2477 | 114 |
| Fernleigh 2479 | 109 |
| Lennox Head 2478 | 107 |
| Empire Vale 2478 | 107 |
| Dalwood 2477 | 99 |
| Cumbalum 2478 | 98 |
| Rous 2477 | 98 |
| Rous Mill 2477 | 91 |
| Lynwood 2477 | 89 |
| Keith Hall 2478 | 74 |
| Kinvara 2478 | 67 |
| Knockrow 2479 | 65 |
| Ballina 2478 | 64 |
| West Ballina 2478 | 64 |
| Wollongbar 2477 | 54 |
| Brooklet 2479 | 42 |
| Coolgardie 2478 | 40 |
| Patchs Beach 2478 | 29 |
| Skennars Head 2478 | 28 |
| South Ballina 2478 | 22 |
| Bagotville 2477 | 19 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 3,355 rural lots in Ballina Shire Council, the dominant land use is Residential and farm infrastructure. The typical land-capability class is Limited ag use — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.
Rural lots in Ballina Shire Council average 1,286 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 25.4°C, and 1 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.82 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.
Median rural rate across Ballina Shire Council is $617k/ha based on 74 registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years (high confidence).
Land capability is the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer. Carbon stock is the ESA CCI Biomass 2023 satellite product (~100m). Vegetation cover (green / forest) is DEA Fractional Cover (Sentinel-2). Climate is BOM 30-year normals from ~1,820 weather stations. Rural market is from registered NSW property sales filtered to RU-zoned lots.