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Central West

Hilltops Council

19,431 rural lots across 42 suburbs. Dominant land use: Cropping.

19,431
Rural lots
672,739 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (class 4)
19 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Hilltops 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 19,431 rural lots in Hilltops Council.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–470%
Class 5–624%
Class 7–85%
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
663 mm
Sub-humid
Mean max temp
21.7 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
15 / year
Warm summers
Frost days
70 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.47 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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover58%
Forest cover5%
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
1.0
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Lachlan Unregulated River Water Sources 2026

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Groundwater vulnerable 42%
Recharge area or shallow aquifer.
Bushfire-prone 17%
Threatened ecological 12%
Salinity-prone 11%
Heritage-listed 1%
No exposure
Flood-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 Hilltops Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 3.9 km
Nearest school 11.2 km
Rail station 34.4 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 12.5 km · 330 kV
Transmission line 7.6 km · 132 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 18.1 km
Water treatment 15.9 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$470k
per hectare (median)
181
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Cropping

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Hilltops Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+294.7%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+133.5%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+147.5%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$365
+16.5% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.81%
Days on market
52 days
10 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Hilltops Council (40)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Young 2594 2,423
Boorowa 2586 1,770
Murringo 2586 1,076
Koorawatha 2807 1,050
Rye Park 2586 1,035
Galong 2585 745
Frogmore 2586 657
Cunningar 2587 654
Barwang 2594 636
Wyangala 2808 545
Rugby 2583 510
Monteagle 2594 497
Murrumburrah 2587 480
Reids Flat 2586 458
Jugiong 2726 456
Nubba 2587 445
Beggan Beggan 2587 438
Kingsvale 2587 432
Wombat 2587 432
Berremangra 2582 423
Milvale 2594 418
Thuddungra 2594 369
Memagong 2594 359
Taylors Flat 2586 351
Bendick Murrell 2803 343
Godfreys Creek 2586 329
Hovells Creek 2794 308
Kikiamah 2594 280
Berthong 2594 234
Harden 2587 222
Tubbul 2594 215
Burrangong 2594 212
McMahons Reef 2587 206
Maimuru 2594 193
Cooneys Creek 2726 180
Mount Collins 2794 137
Crowther 2803 135
Wirrimah 2803 116
Bulla Creek 2594 98
Weedallion 2594 61
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

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

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
128.8 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
0%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
45.2 km
Sn, W, WO3
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine region Hilltops

About Hilltops Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Hilltops Council?

Across 19,431 rural lots in Hilltops Council, the dominant land use is Cropping. Typical land capability is good grazing.

What's the climate of Hilltops Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Hilltops Council average 663 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 21.7°C, and 70 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.47.

What's the rural land market like in Hilltops Council?

The median rural rate across Hilltops Council is $470k/ha based on 181 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.