754,627 rural NSW lots pre-computed | 183 data fields per property | Carbon credit estimates for every lot | 159+ regulatory obligations from 16 regulations | Soil, climate, water, vegetation intelligence | Know what you CAN do with your land | Reports in ~60 seconds | 754,627 rural NSW lots pre-computed | 183 data fields per property | Carbon credit estimates for every lot | 159+ regulatory obligations from 16 regulations | Soil, climate, water, vegetation intelligence | Know what you CAN do with your land | Reports in ~60 seconds |
Riverina

Carrathool Shire Council

8,486 rural lots across 23 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

8,486
Rural lots
2.58 M ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (LSC class 4)
18 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Carrathool 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 8,486 rural lots in Carrathool Shire Council.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–471%
Class 5–626%
Class 7–83%
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
382 mm
Semi-arid
Mean max temp
24.7 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
40 / year
Hot summers
Frost days
31 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.20 P/PET
Semi-arid

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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover30%
Forest cover8%
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
1.5
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Lachlan Unregulated River Water Sources 2026

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Threatened ecological 26%
TEC mapping — clearing constraints apply.
Bushfire-prone 22%
Groundwater vulnerable 20%
Heritage-listed 1%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Acid-sulfate soils · Contamination history · Coastal environment · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

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

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 6.9 km
Nearest school 24.2 km
Rail station 39.7 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 28.4 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 18.4 km · 132 kV
Transmission line is far — energy export would need on-site storage or a feeder upgrade.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 35.5 km
Water treatment 31.3 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$1.47M
per hectare (median)
479
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Grazing native vegetation

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

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+7918.0%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+6263.5%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+122.1%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$299
+14.0% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.94%
Days on market
38 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 Carrathool Shire Council (12)

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
Hillston 2675 2,388
Gunbar 2711 1,141
Goolgowi 2652 580
Merriwagga 2652 533
Rankins Springs 2669 415
Roto 2675 265
Erigolia 2669 161
Wallanthery 2675 115
Boorga 2652 112
Monia Gap 2675 75
Lake Brewster 2675 44
Melbergen 2669 40
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine GI Riverina

About Carrathool Shire Council

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

Across 8,486 rural lots in Carrathool Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. The typical land-capability class is Good grazing — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.

What's the climate of Carrathool Shire Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Carrathool Shire Council average 382 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 24.7°C, and 31 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.20 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

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

Median rural rate across Carrathool Shire Council is $1.47M/ha based on 479 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.