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New England

Inverell Shire Council

12,212 rural lots across 56 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

12,212
Rural lots
836,411 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (class 4)
46 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Inverell 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 12,212 rural lots in Inverell Shire Council.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–24%
Class 3–450%
Class 5–635%
Class 7–88%
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
749 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
23.9 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
10 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
60 / 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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover36%
Forest cover23%
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
1.3
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Unregulated River Water Sources 2024

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Bushfire-prone 75%
Threatened ecological 18%
Heritage-listed 1%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · 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 Inverell Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 4.6 km
Nearest school 12.3 km
Rail station 94.2 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 15.5 km · 330 kV
Transmission line 6.0 km · 330 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 28.1 km
Water treatment 19.6 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$519k
per hectare (median)
131
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 Inverell Shire Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+333.2%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+140.6%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+203.8%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$316
+19.8% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.82%
Days on market
34 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 Inverell Shire Council (51)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Ashford 2361 1,112
Delungra 2403 1,060
Tingha 2369 884
Yetman 2410 593
Inverell 2360 564
Bukkulla 2360 529
Nullamanna 2360 494
Wandsworth 2365 493
Oakwood 2360 457
Graman 2360 455
Wellingrove 2370 450
Bonshaw 2361 422
Gilgai 2360 397
Wallangra 2360 353
Gum Flat 2360 350
Coolatai 2402 346
Howell 2360 329
Elsmore 2360 314
Pindaroi 2361 242
Sapphire 2360 225
Georges Creek 2365 203
Mount Russell 2360 202
Paradise 2360 183
Myall Creek 2403 173
New Valley 2365 161
Copeton 2360 158
Auburn Vale 2360 153
Little Plain 2360 137
Long Plain 2360 130
Twin Rivers 2410 130
Swan Vale 2370 129
Atholwood 2361 128
Cherry Tree Hill 2360 125
Rob Roy 2360 114
Camp Creek 4385 113
Maybole 2365 107
Stanborough 2360 102
Stannifer 2369 94
Texas 4385 91
Brodies Plains 2360 83
Wandera 2360 66
Bassendean 2365 50
Swanbrook 2360 45
Newstead 2360 41
Yellow Dam 2371 40
Spring Mountain 2360 30
Kingsland 2370 26
Limestone 2361 24
The Basin 2365 15
Gragin 2403 14
Old Mill 2369 13
Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine region New England Australia

About Inverell Shire Council

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

Across 12,212 rural lots in Inverell Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is good grazing.

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

Rural lots in Inverell Shire Council average 749 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.9°C, and 60 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.47.

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

The median rural rate across Inverell Shire Council is $519k/ha based on 131 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.