8,486 rural lots across 23 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 8,486 rural lots in Carrathool 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 Carrathool Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Carrathool Shire Council.
Registered rural-zoned sales across Carrathool Shire Council, last 5 years.
From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Carrathool Shire Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Carrathool 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↓ |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 8,486 rural lots in Carrathool Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is good grazing.
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.
The median rural rate across Carrathool Shire Council is $2.08M/ha based on 466 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.