7 rural lots across 7 ha in Lake Macquarie City Council. Dominant: Seasonal horticulture.
Distribution of land-capability classes across the 7 rural lots in this suburb. Class 1 is prime cropping land; class 8 is conservation only.
Long-term climate averages across the rural lots in this suburb.
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.
Heavily wooded — typical of native-vegetation grazing or partial forest cover.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across the 7 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 intersecting each hazard or planning constraint. Sorted highest first; zero-exposure items collapsed at the bottom.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations.
Registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.
From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.
The land-use category covering the largest share of rural lots in Cardiff Heights. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader suburb (rural and residential); 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.
Some rural areas have active mining titles, coal mines or critical-mineral occurrences nearby. Relevant for both surface-impact assessment and royalty exposure.
Other rural suburbs in the same council.
Postcode 228xx neighbourhood — different councils, same rural region.
Cardiff Heights 2285 contains 7 rural lots covering 7 ha. Typical land capability is good grazing (class 4). Dominant land use: Seasonal horticulture.
Mean above-ground biomass carbon density across rural lots in Cardiff Heights 2285 is 277 tCO₂e/ha, with an estimated 1,627 tCO₂e across the suburb. Site-specific carbon stock for a particular property is available in the AgDSS app.
The median rural rate in Cardiff Heights is $3.86M/ha based on 2 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.
Authoritative government and scientific datasets.
Data updated 2026-07-22. Rural lots are those in a rural (RU) zone under the local environmental plan. Site-specific intelligence per property is available in the AgDSS app.