754,627 rural NSW lots pre-computed | 183 data fields per property | Carbon credit estimates for every lot | 159+ regulatory obligations from 16 regulations | Soil, climate, water, vegetation intelligence | Know what you CAN do with your land | Reports in ~60 seconds | 754,627 rural NSW lots pre-computed | 183 data fields per property | Carbon credit estimates for every lot | 159+ regulatory obligations from 16 regulations | Soil, climate, water, vegetation intelligence | Know what you CAN do with your land | Reports in ~60 seconds |
Central West

Lachlan Shire Council

10,353 rural lots across 22 suburbs. Dominant land use: Cropping.

10,353
Rural lots
2.07 M ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (LSC class 4)
8 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Lachlan Shire Council — rural suburbs

© NSW Government · DEA · CSIRO TERN

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 NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 10,353 rural lots in Lachlan Shire Council.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–477%
Class 5–617%
Class 7–82%
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

30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
470 mm
Semi-arid
Mean max temp
24.8 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
39 / year
Hot summers
Frost days
35 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.24 P/PET
Semi-arid

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).

Carbon

Carbon profile

Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.

8 tCO₂e/ha
mean across rural lots
10.31 M tCO₂e
total estimated
ESA CCI Biomass 2023, ~100m raster.
Vegetation

Cover profile

DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).

Green cover30%
Forest cover11%
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
2.9
km away
A bore is within easy driving — typical of farming country.
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 Lachlan Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 75%
Groundwater vulnerable 22%
Threatened ecological 7%
Heritage-listed 1%
No exposure
Flood-prone · 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 Lachlan Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 4.3 km
Nearest school 15.1 km
Rail station 35.7 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 25.3 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 20.6 km · 132 kV
Transmission line is far — energy export would need on-site storage or a feeder upgrade.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 18.9 km
Water treatment 23.9 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered RU-zoned sales across Lachlan Shire Council, last 5 years.

$894k
per hectare (median)
290
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Cropping

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

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+217.1%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
-15.6%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+87.4%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$277
+10.5% y/y
Gross rental yield
5.05%
Days on market
55 days
9 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Lachlan Shire Council (21)

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
Condobolin 2877 4,067
Lake Cargelligo 2672 1,830
Ungarie 2669 1,053
Tottenham 2873 870
Tullibigeal 2669 709
Euabalong 2877 571
Kiacatoo 2877 536
Naradhan 2669 492
Fifield 2875 410
Albert 2873 396
Burcher 2671 367
Bobadah 2877 362
Corinella 2871 316
Fairholme 2871 302
Warroo 2871 260
Ootha 2875 155
Boona Mount 2877 91
Derriwong 2877 83
Curlew Waters 2672 67
Miamley 2873 51
Murrin Bridge 2672 5
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine GI Riverina

About Lachlan Shire Council

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

Across 10,353 rural lots in Lachlan Shire 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.

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

Rural lots in Lachlan Shire Council average 470 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 24.8°C, and 35 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.24 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

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

Median rural rate across Lachlan Shire Council is $894k/ha based on 290 registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years (high confidence).

What data sources are used?

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.