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 NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 1,614 rural lots in Lake Macquarie City 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 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 RU-zoned sales across Lake Macquarie City Council, last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
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 $/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↓ |
|---|---|
| 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. The typical land-capability class is Good grazing — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.
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 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.
Median rural rate across Lake Macquarie City Council is $1.17M/ha based on 73 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.