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 NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 8,486 rural lots in Carrathool 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 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 RU-zoned sales across Carrathool Shire Council, last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
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 $/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↓ |
|---|---|
| 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. The typical land-capability class is Good grazing — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.
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.
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).
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.