3,131 rural lots across 27 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.
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 land-capability classes across the 3,131 rural lots in Bellingen Shire Council.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.
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 Bellingen Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Bellingen Shire Council.
Registered rural-zoned sales across Bellingen Shire Council, last 5 years.
From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Bellingen Shire Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Bellingen Shire Council; the rural-only rate above is the rural benchmark.
Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Bellingen 2454 | 314 |
| Gleniffer 2454 | 263 |
| Deer Vale 2453 | 259 |
| Dorrigo 2453 | 239 |
| Raleigh 2454 | 237 |
| North Dorrigo 2453 | 221 |
| Megan 2453 | 168 |
| Urunga 2455 | 167 |
| Brierfield 2454 | 166 |
| Thora 2454 | 152 |
| Fernbrook 2453 | 105 |
| Bostobrick 2453 | 98 |
| Bielsdown Hills 2453 | 94 |
| Hydes Creek 2454 | 88 |
| Dorrigo Mountain 2453 | 83 |
| Repton 2454 | 78 |
| Cascade 2453 | 68 |
| Valery 2454 | 64 |
| Fernmount 2454 | 63 |
| Kalang 2454 | 55 |
| Tallowwood Ridge 2453 | 46 |
| Brinerville 2454 | 3 |
| Mylestom 2454 | 3 |
| Darkwood 2454 | 1 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 3,131 rural lots in Bellingen Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is limited ag use.
Rural lots in Bellingen Shire Council average 1,538 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 22.6°C, and 11 frost days per year. Aridity index 1.15.
The median rural rate across Bellingen Shire Council is $225k/ha based on 33 registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.
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.
Rural lots are those in a rural (RU) zone under the local environmental plan.