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West Ballina 2478

64 rural lots across 480 ha in Ballina Shire Council. Dominant: Transport and communication.

64
Rural lots
480 ha
Rural land
Conservation only
Typical capability (class 8)
n/a
Carbon not mapped here

Where is West Ballina?

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Capability

Land & soil capability mix

Distribution of land-capability classes across the 64 rural lots in this suburb. Class 1 is prime cropping land; class 8 is conservation only.

Class 8 Conservation only
Class 1–20%
Class 3–40%
Class 5–644%
Class 7–856%
NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 — Class 1 is prime cropping land, Class 8 is conservation only. Polygon-intersect with each rural lot.
Climate

Rainfall, temperature, growing window

Long-term climate averages across the rural lots in this suburb.

Annual rainfall
1,292 mm
Wet
Mean max temp
25.4 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
7 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
1 / year
Frost-free
Aridity index
0.83 P/PET
Humid

Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.

Carbon

Carbon opportunity

Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.

Above-ground biomass is not mapped at suburb scale here — typical of small coastal or peri-urban rural lots outside the satellite biomass product's coverage. Site-specific carbon estimates per property are available in the AgDSS app.
Satellite above-ground biomass, summarised per lot. Site-specific carbon pre-feasibility per property is available in the AgDSS app.
Vegetation

Cover profile

Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.

Green cover51%
Forest cover3%
Mean across all rural lots in this suburb. Per-lot vegetation and biodiversity-incentive eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
Water

Surface water rights and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across the 64 rural lots.

Water access

Surface and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.

100%
in a water sharing plan
0%
with groundwater access
Nearest registered bore
0.8
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Richmond River Area Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2023

Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots intersecting each hazard or planning constraint. Sorted highest first; zero-exposure items collapsed at the bottom.

Acid-sulfate soils 100%
Coastal environment 91%
Bushfire-prone 81%
Threatened ecological 6%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Heritage-listed · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Contamination history · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 165 m
Nearest school 4.6 km
Rail station 46.9 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 3.3 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 400 m · 66 kV
Transmission line on-doorstep — viable for utility-scale solar.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 3.8 km
Water treatment 2.8 km
Rural market
Low confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

per hectare (median)
0
sales (last 5 yrs)
Only 0 sales in 5 years — treat the rate as indicative only.
The median of sale price ÷ lot hectares across registered rural-zoned sales. Source: NSW Valuer-General.
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Transport and communication

The land-use category covering the largest share of rural lots in West Ballina. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.

Market trends

Suburb-wide pulse

12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader suburb (rural and residential); the rural-only rate above is the rural benchmark.

Price change · 12 mo
+20.9%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+12.4%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+23.5%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$700
-2.1% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.47%
Days on market
42 days
21 active listings

Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.

Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine region Northern Rivers

About West Ballina 2478

What does the rural land in West Ballina 2478 look like?

West Ballina 2478 contains 64 rural lots covering 480 ha. Typical land capability is conservation only (class 8). Dominant land use: Transport and communication.

What carbon opportunity is in West Ballina's rural land?

Mean above-ground biomass carbon density across rural lots in West Ballina 2478 is —/ha, with an estimated — across the suburb. Site-specific carbon stock for a particular property is available in the AgDSS app.

What's the rural land market like in West Ballina?

The median rural rate in West Ballina is —/ha based on only 0 sales in the last 5 years — treat as indicative only.

Where does this data come from?

Land capability comes from the NSW Land & Soil Capability mapping. Carbon stock is derived from the ESA Climate Change Initiative Biomass product. Vegetation cover is Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2. Rural market activity is from registered NSW property sales on rural-zoned lots. Land use is the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use category, and lot identity comes from the NSW Digital Cadastral Database.