19,431 rural lots across 42 suburbs. Dominant land use: Cropping.
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.
Distribution of NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 19,431 rural lots in Hilltops Council.
30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this suburb, drawn from BOM 30-year normals (~1,820 weather stations, KNN to lot centroids).
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.
Share of rural lots in Hilltops Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Hilltops Council.
Registered RU-zoned sales across Hilltops Council, last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Hilltops Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Hilltops Council; the rural-only $/ha rate above is the rural benchmark.
Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.
Click any column header to sort. Capability is the median LSC class across rural lots; carbon is mean tCO₂e/ha; $/ha is the median 5-year rural sale rate (H/M/L pill = data confidence).
| 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 |
Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Hilltops Council.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 19,431 rural lots in Hilltops Council, the dominant land use is Cropping. The typical land-capability class is Good grazing — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.
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 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.
Median rural rate across Hilltops Council is $321k/ha based on 187 registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years (high confidence).
Land capability is the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer. Carbon stock is the ESA CCI Biomass 2023 satellite product (~100m). Vegetation cover (green / forest) is DEA Fractional Cover (Sentinel-2). Climate is BOM 30-year normals from ~1,820 weather stations. Rural market is from registered NSW property sales filtered to RU-zoned lots.