1,614 rural lots across 44 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.
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 land-capability classes across the 1,614 rural lots in Lake Macquarie City Council.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.
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 Lake Macquarie City Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Lake Macquarie City Council.
Registered rural-zoned sales across Lake Macquarie City Council, last 5 years.
From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Lake Macquarie City Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Lake Macquarie City Council; the rural-only rate above is the rural benchmark.
Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Cooranbong 2265 | 408 |
| Wyee 2259 | 256 |
| Morisset 2264 | 148 |
| Kilaben Bay 2283 | 73 |
| Wyee Point 2259 | 69 |
| Eleebana 2282 | 63 |
| Mandalong 2264 | 54 |
| Eraring 2264 | 47 |
| Dora Creek 2264 | 46 |
| Macquarie Hills 2285 | 46 |
| Wakefield 2301 | 46 |
| Mirrabooka 2264 | 42 |
| Blackalls Park 2283 | 34 |
| Warners Bay 2282 | 24 |
| Barnsley 2278 | 23 |
| Martinsville 2265 | 22 |
| West Wallsend 2286 | 20 |
| Awaba 2283 | 19 |
| Bonnells Bay 2264 | 19 |
| Freemans Waterhole 2323 | 17 |
| Toronto 2283 | 15 |
| Teralba 2284 | 14 |
| Holmesville 2286 | 12 |
| Tingira Heights 2290 | 11 |
| Fassifern 2283 | 10 |
| Cams Wharf 2281 | 9 |
| Fennell Bay 2283 | 8 |
| Morisset Park 2264 | 8 |
| Cardiff Heights 2285 | 7 |
| Garden Suburb 2289 | 7 |
| Glendale 2285 | 7 |
| Redhead 2290 | 6 |
| Rathmines 2283 | 5 |
| Whitebridge 2290 | 5 |
| Charlestown 2290 | 3 |
| Jewells 2280 | 1 |
| Belmont 2280 | 1 |
| Ryhope 2283 | 1 |
| Belmont North 2280 | 1 |
| Gateshead 2290 | 1 |
| Cardiff 2285 | 1 |
| Killingworth 2278 | 1 |
| Highfields 2289 | 1 |
Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Lake Macquarie City Council.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 1,614 rural lots in Lake Macquarie City Council, the dominant land use is Residential and farm infrastructure. Typical land capability is good grazing.
Rural lots in Lake Macquarie City Council average 1,120 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.2°C, and 1 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.78.
The median rural rate across Lake Macquarie City Council is $1.83M/ha based on 67 registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.
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.