3,516 rural lots across 42 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 land-capability classes across the 3,516 rural lots in Byron 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 Byron Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Byron Shire Council.
Registered rural-zoned sales across Byron Shire Council, last 5 years.
From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Byron Shire Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Byron 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↓ |
|---|---|
| Federal 2480 | 271 |
| Bangalow 2479 | 269 |
| Main Arm 2482 | 208 |
| Mullumbimby 2482 | 205 |
| Eureka 2480 | 189 |
| Myocum 2481 | 179 |
| Coorabell 2479 | 171 |
| Goonengerry 2482 | 130 |
| Ewingsdale 2481 | 123 |
| Mullumbimby Creek 2482 | 119 |
| Wilsons Creek 2482 | 117 |
| Broken Head 2481 | 117 |
| Nashua 2479 | 116 |
| Billinudgel 2483 | 109 |
| The Pocket 2483 | 101 |
| Coopers Shoot 2479 | 100 |
| Binna Burra 2479 | 92 |
| Tyagarah 2481 | 86 |
| Possum Creek 2479 | 83 |
| Newrybar 2479 | 68 |
| Brunswick Heads 2483 | 61 |
| Upper Main Arm 2482 | 57 |
| Middle Pocket 2483 | 57 |
| Talofa 2479 | 56 |
| Byron Bay 2481 | 50 |
| Skinners Shoot 2481 | 40 |
| Huonbrook 2482 | 40 |
| Yelgun 2483 | 35 |
| Upper Coopers Creek 2480 | 34 |
| Ocean Shores 2483 | 24 |
| Upper Wilsons Creek 2482 | 23 |
| Palmwoods 2482 | 23 |
| Montecollum 2482 | 19 |
| Wanganui 2482 | 17 |
| McLeods Shoot 2481 | 15 |
| Hayters Hill 2481 | 10 |
| Suffolk Park 2481 | 9 |
| New Brighton 2483 | 7 |
| South Golden Beach 2483 | 1 |
Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Byron Shire Council.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 3,516 rural lots in Byron Shire Council, the dominant land use is Residential and farm infrastructure. Typical land capability is limited ag use.
Rural lots in Byron Shire Council average 1,437 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 24.8°C, and 2 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.96.
The median rural rate across Byron Shire Council is $949k/ha based on 99 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.