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Bega Valley Shire Council

10,476 rural lots across 77 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing modified pastures.

10,476
Rural lots
366,000 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (LSC class 5)
100 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Bega Valley Shire Council — rural suburbs

© NSW Government · DEA · CSIRO TERN

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.

Suburb circles · sized by rural lots
10 500 5,000+
Overlays © NSW Government
Capability

Land & soil capability mix

Distribution of NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 10,476 rural lots in Bega Valley Shire Council.

Class 5 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–46%
Class 5–682%
Class 7–812%
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

30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
831 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
19.9 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
1 / year
Cool summers
Frost days
39 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.71 P/PET
Humid

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).

Carbon

Carbon profile

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

100 tCO₂e/ha
mean across rural lots
48.15 M tCO₂e
total estimated
ESA CCI Biomass 2023, ~100m raster.
Vegetation

Cover profile

DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).

Green cover56%
Forest cover30%
Water

Surface water rights and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across 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
2.1
km away
A bore is within easy driving — typical of farming country.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Bega River Area Regulated, Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2024

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots in Bega Valley Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 88%
Threatened ecological 19%
Coastal environment 4%
Heritage-listed 3%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Acid-sulfate soils · Contamination history · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Bega Valley Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 3.3 km
Nearest school 6.0 km
Rail station 125.0 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 15.9 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 13.0 km · 132 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 21.0 km
Water treatment 16.5 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered RU-zoned sales across Bega Valley Shire Council, last 5 years.

$1.51M
per hectare (median)
347
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Grazing modified pastures

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Bega Valley Shire Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Bega Valley Shire Council; the rural-only $/ha rate above is the rural benchmark.

Price change · 12 mo
+332.0%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+48.7%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+198.4%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$480
+10.4% y/y
Gross rental yield
3.73%
Days on market
41 days
3 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Bega Valley Shire Council (65)

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
Bemboka 2550 932
Candelo 2550 905
Cobargo 2550 816
Wyndham 2550 603
Towamba 2550 440
Brogo 2550 412
Wolumla 2550 395
Buckajo 2550 319
Quaama 2550 284
Bega 2550 242
Numbugga 2550 238
Lochiel 2549 208
Verona 2550 196
Boydtown 2551 196
Burragate 2550 192
Mogilla 2550 188
Kalaru 2550 180
Rocky Hall 2550 176
Tantawangalo 2550 169
South Wolumla 2550 166
Wandella 2550 166
Pericoe 2550 154
Coolagolite 2546 154
Angledale 2550 136
Nungatta 2551 133
Stony Creek 2550 130
Morans Crossing 2550 119
Toothdale 2550 119
Coopers Gully 2550 111
Frogs Hollow 2550 110
Kameruka 2550 105
Myrtle Mountain 2550 101
Kanoona 2550 89
Nethercote 2549 87
Wonboyn 2551 83
Greigs Flat 2549 77
New Buildings 2550 75
Bald Hills 2549 70
Tanja 2550 61
Tarraganda 2550 50
Mount Darragh 2632 47
Kiah 2551 39
Jellat Jellat 2550 37
Timbillica 2551 35
Pambula 2549 35
Murrah 2546 33
Bournda 2548 26
Devils Hole 2550 25
Millingandi 2549 24
Wallagoot 2550 23
Bermagui 2546 20
Narrabarba 2551 19
Eden 2551 18
Nadgee 2551 17
South Pambula 2549 17
Wapengo 2550 13
Reedy Swamp 2550 9
Nullica 2551 9
Chinnock 2550 4
Cuttagee 2550 4
Black Range 2550 4
Merimbula 2548 2
Wonboyn North 2551 2
Doctor George Mountain 2550 1
Yellow Pinch 2550 1
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Bega Valley Shire Council.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
37.9 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
2%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
130.4 km
Zn, Cu, Pb
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine GI South Coast

About Bega Valley Shire Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Bega Valley Shire Council?

Across 10,476 rural lots in Bega Valley Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing modified pastures. The typical land-capability class is Limited ag use — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.

What's the climate of Bega Valley Shire Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Bega Valley Shire Council average 831 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 19.9°C, and 39 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.71 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

What's the rural land market like in Bega Valley Shire Council?

Median rural rate across Bega Valley Shire Council is $1.51M/ha based on 347 registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years (high confidence).

What data sources are used?

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.