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Cowper 2460

152 rural lots across 1,124 ha in Clarence Valley Council. Dominant: Grazing modified pastures.

152
Rural lots
1,124 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (class 3.5)
265 tCO₂e/ha
Council mean (suburb not mapped)

Where is Cowper?

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Capability

Land & soil capability mix

Distribution of land-capability classes across the 152 rural lots in this suburb. Class 1 is prime cropping land; class 8 is conservation only.

Class 3.5 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–477%
Class 5–67%
Class 7–816%
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 the rural lots in this suburb.

Annual rainfall
1,045 mm
Wet
Mean max temp
25.7 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
9 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
2 / year
Frost-free
Aridity index
0.66 P/PET
Humid

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

Carbon
Council mean

Carbon opportunity

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

265 tCO₂e
tCO₂e per hectare · Clarence Valley Council

Suburb-level coverage isn't available — the figure shown is the Clarence Valley Council mean across rural lots that are mapped.

Satellite above-ground biomass, summarised per lot. Site-specific carbon pre-feasibility per property is available in the AgDSS app.
Vegetation

Cover profile

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

Green cover56%
Forest cover1%
Mean across all rural lots in this suburb. Per-lot vegetation and biodiversity-incentive eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
Water

Surface water rights and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across the 152 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
1.3
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: {'OBJECTID': 309, 'Water_Sharing_Plan': 'Clarence River Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016', 'W_Source_1': 'Clarence River Coastal Floodplain Alluvial Groundwater Source', 'Comments_1': None, 'Mgt_Zone_1': None, 'Plan_status_1': 'Commenced', 'Water_Sharing_Plan_2': 'North Coast Fractured and Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2016', 'W_Source_2': 'Clarence Moreton Basin Groundwater Source', 'Mgt_Zone_2': None, 'Plan_status_2': 'Commenced', 'Water_Sharing_Plan_3': 'North Coast Fractured and Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2016', 'W_Source_3': 'New England Fold Belt Coast Groundwater Source', 'Mgt_Zone_3': None, 'Plan_status_3': 'Commenced', 'Water_Sharing_Plan_4': None, 'W_Source_4': None, 'Mgt_Zone_4': None, 'Plan_status_4': None, 'Extraction_Management_Unit_1': None, 'Extraction_Management_Unit_2': None, 'Shape.STArea()': 0.018385556015957722, 'Shape.STLength()': 2.6388952376197268, 'Area_ha_albers': 19730.91929538}

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots intersecting each hazard or planning constraint. Sorted highest first; zero-exposure items collapsed at the bottom.

Flood-prone 100%
Acid-sulfate soils 100%
Bushfire-prone 98%
Coastal environment 59%
Threatened ecological 11%
Heritage-listed 1%
No exposure
Groundwater vulnerable · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Contamination history · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 672 m
Nearest school 1.4 km
Rail station 19.8 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 15.2 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 2.7 km · 66 kV
Transmission line within commercial-solar range.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 17.0 km
Water treatment 13.4 km
Rural market
Low confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

$18k
per hectare (median)
1
sales (last 5 yrs)
Only 1 sale in 5 years — treat the rate as indicative only.
The median of sale price ÷ lot hectares across registered rural-zoned sales. Source: NSW Valuer-General.
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Grazing modified pastures

The land-use category covering the largest share of rural lots in Cowper. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.

Market trends

Suburb-wide pulse

12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader suburb (rural and residential); the rural-only rate above is the rural benchmark.

Price change · 12 mo
-22.8%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
0.0%
Sales volume · 12 mo
0.0%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$450
+5.7% y/y
Gross rental yield
3.71%
Days on market
79 days
1 active listings

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

Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Some rural areas have active mining titles, coal mines or critical-mineral occurrences nearby. Relevant for both surface-impact assessment and royalty exposure.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
10.2 km
mean across rural lots
Coal mine within 10 km
0%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
58.3 km
Cu, Au (Ag, Zn, Pb, Co)
Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine region Northern Rivers

About Cowper 2460

What does the rural land in Cowper 2460 look like?

Cowper 2460 contains 152 rural lots covering 1,124 ha. Typical land capability is good grazing (class 3.5). Dominant land use: Grazing modified pastures.

What carbon opportunity is in Cowper's rural land?

Mean above-ground biomass carbon density across rural lots in Cowper 2460 is —/ha, with an estimated — across the suburb. Site-specific carbon stock for a particular property is available in the AgDSS app.

What's the rural land market like in Cowper?

The median rural rate in Cowper is $18k/ha based on only 1 sale in the last 5 years — treat as indicative only.

Where does this data come from?

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.