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 NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 3,131 rural lots in Bellingen 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 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 RU-zoned sales across Bellingen Shire Council, last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
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 $/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↓ |
|---|---|
| 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. The typical land-capability class is Limited ag use — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.
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 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.
Median rural rate across Bellingen Shire Council is $167k/ha based on 33 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.