46 rural lots across 24 ha in Lake Macquarie City Council. Dominant: Residential and farm infrastructure.
Distribution of NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 46 rural lots in this suburb. Class 1 is prime cropping land; class 8 is conservation only.
30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots.
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.
Heavily wooded — typical of native-vegetation grazing or partial forest cover.
DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across the 46 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 RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
The ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use category that covers the largest share of rural lots in Macquarie Hills. Per-lot actual land-use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
12-month price + volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader suburb (rural + residential); 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.
Some rural NSW 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.
Macquarie Hills 2285 contains 46 RU-zoned rural lots covering 24 ha. Median Land & Soil Capability is class 5 (limited ag use). Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.
Mean above-ground biomass carbon density across rural lots in Macquarie Hills 2285 is 238 tCO₂e/ha — a satellite-modelled estimate from the ESA CCI Biomass 2023 product. Total estimated stock across the suburb is 3,842 tCO₂e. Site-specific carbon stock and ACCU pre-feasibility for a particular property is available in the AgDSS app.
Median rural rate in Macquarie Hills is $2.54M/ha based on 4 registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years (medium 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, 25m). Rural market activity is from registered NSW property sales filtered to RU-zoned lots. Dominant land use is the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use category. Lot identity is the NSW Digital Cadastral Database.
Authoritative government and scientific datasets.
Data updated 2026-05-08. Site-specific intelligence per property is available in the AgDSS app — free during beta.