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Hunter

Dungog Shire Council

5,213 rural lots across 45 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

5,213
Rural lots
165,138 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (class 6)
145 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Dungog 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 5,213 rural lots in Dungog Shire Council.

Class 6 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–428%
Class 5–646%
Class 7–826%
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
1,075 mm
Wet
Mean max temp
23.5 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
12 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
4 / year
Frost-free
Aridity index
0.80 P/PET
Humid

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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover65%
Forest cover27%
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
2.6
km away
A bore is within easy driving — typical of farming country.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Bushfire-prone 95%
Threatened ecological 19%
Heritage-listed 5%
Acid-sulfate soils 5%
Coastal environment 4%
No exposure
Flood-prone · 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 across Dungog Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 7.1 km
Nearest school 9.5 km
Rail station 13.2 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 23.2 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 14.6 km · 330 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 18.4 km
Water treatment 17.0 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$170k
per hectare (median)
69
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 Dungog Shire Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+38.0%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+47.9%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+179.9%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$495
+24.0% y/y
Gross rental yield
3.00%
Days on market
36 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 Dungog Shire Council (42)

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Suburb Rural lots
Paterson 2421 300
Vacy 2421 225
Carrabolla 2311 217
Wallarobba 2420 216
Martins Creek 2420 212
Salisbury 2420 211
East Gresford 2311 203
Bandon Grove 2420 186
Hilldale 2420 178
Brookfield 2420 175
Bingleburra 2311 169
Gresford 2311 163
Chichester 2420 162
Clarence Town 2321 158
Halton 2311 151
Fosterton 2420 150
Eccleston 2311 143
Munni 2420 137
Underbank 2420 122
Allynbrook 2311 122
Glen Martin 2321 121
Sugarloaf 2420 121
Bendolba 2420 109
Summer Hill 2130 108
Lostock 2311 103
Main Creek 2420 101
Mount Rivers 2311 86
Upper Allyn 2311 75
Alison 2259 71
Glen William 2321 68
Wirragulla 2420 67
Marshdale 2420 64
Wallaringa 2420 62
Hanleys Creek 2420 54
Cambra 2420 53
Tabbil Creek 2420 46
Stroud Hill 2420 45
Webbers Creek 2421 39
Flat Tops 2420 37
Lewinsbrook 2311 33
Fishers Hill 2421 31
Dungog 2420 12
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Dungog Shire Council.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
24.5 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
2%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
205.2 km
Au, (W, WO3, Sb)
Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine region Hunter

About Dungog Shire Council

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

Across 5,213 rural lots in Dungog Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is limited ag use.

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

Rural lots in Dungog Shire Council average 1,075 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.5°C, and 4 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.80.

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

The median rural rate across Dungog Shire Council is $170k/ha based on 69 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.