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Riverina

Edward River Council

9,226 rural lots across 26 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

9,226
Rural lots
860,720 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (class 4)
40 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Edward River 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 9,226 rural lots in Edward River Council.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–457%
Class 5–643%
Class 7–80%
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
367 mm
Semi-arid
Mean max temp
23.8 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
32 / year
Hot summers
Frost days
32 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.21 P/PET
Semi-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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover34%
Forest cover6%
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
2.1
km away
A bore is within easy driving — typical of farming country.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Unregulated River Water Sources 2025

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots in Edward River Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 99%
Threatened ecological 43%
TEC mapping — clearing constraints apply.
Groundwater vulnerable 11%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Heritage-listed · 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 Edward River Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 10.6 km
Nearest school 26.2 km
Rail station 147.2 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 29.4 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 9.5 km · 220 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 40.6 km
Water treatment 40.9 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales across Edward River Council, last 5 years.

$45k
per hectare (median)
25
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 Edward River Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+1303.2%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+161.4%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+384.3%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$296
+9.9% y/y
Gross rental yield
2.03%
Days on market
24 days
5 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Edward River Council (18)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Wanganella 2710 1,644
Conargo 2710 1,042
Barratta 2710 722
Lindifferon 2710 275
Willurah 2710 251
Pretty Pine 2710 230
Morago 2710 211
Warragoon 2710 208
Mayrung 2710 204
Moonbria 2710 188
Blighty 2713 187
Hartwood 2710 182
Tuppal 2714 138
Birganbigil 2710 101
Wandook 2710 91
Stud Park 2710 76
Myrtle Park 2713 67
Pine Lodge 2714 62
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine region Riverina

About Edward River Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Edward River Council?

Across 9,226 rural lots in Edward River Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is good grazing.

What's the climate of Edward River Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Edward River Council average 367 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.8°C, and 32 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.21.

What's the rural land market like in Edward River Council?

The median rural rate across Edward River Council is $45k/ha based on 25 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.