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Central Darling Shire Council

3,571 rural lots across 7 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

3,571
Rural lots
5.03 M ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (class 5)
14 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Central Darling Shire Council — rural suburbs

© NSW Government · Digital Earth Australia · CSIRO

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 land-capability classes across the 3,571 rural lots in Central Darling Shire Council.

Class 5 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–436%
Class 5–657%
Class 7–88%
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

Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
273 mm
Arid
Mean max temp
26.7 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
64 / year
Hot summers
Frost days
17 / year
Light frost
Aridity index
0.12 P/PET
Arid

Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.

Carbon

Carbon profile

Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.

14 tCO₂e/ha
mean across rural lots
48.33 M tCO₂e
total estimated
Satellite above-ground biomass, summarised per lot.
Vegetation

Cover profile

Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.

Green cover21%
Forest cover2%
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
1.7
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Murray-Darling Unregulated River Water Source 2024

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Bushfire-prone 67%
Threatened ecological 32%
TEC mapping — clearing constraints apply.
Heritage-listed 3%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · 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 Central Darling Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 5.5 km
Nearest school 19.7 km
Rail station 82.9 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 98.8 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 98.4 km · 132 kV
Transmission line is far — energy export would need on-site storage or a feeder upgrade.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 79.1 km
Water treatment 54.4 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales across Central Darling Shire Council, last 5 years.

$225k
per hectare (median)
61
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Grazing native vegetation

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

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+2785.0%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+7690.2%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+182.9%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$148
+18.0% y/y
Gross rental yield
14.51%
Days on market
42 days
2 active listings

Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.

Rural suburbs in Central Darling Shire Council (6)

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Suburb Rural lots
Wilcannia 2836 969
Menindee 2879 922
Ivanhoe 2878 738
White Cliffs 2836 568
Mossgiel 2878 247
Sunset Strip 2879 148
Land character
Geology Delamerian Orogen Wine region Big Rivers Tenure Private

About Central Darling Shire Council

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

Across 3,571 rural lots in Central Darling Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is limited ag use.

What's the climate of Central Darling Shire Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Central Darling Shire Council average 273 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 26.7°C, and 17 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.12.

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

The median rural rate across Central Darling Shire Council is $225k/ha based on 61 registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

What data sources are used?

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.