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Lismore City Council

8,341 rural lots across 71 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing modified pastures.

8,341

Rural lots

140,403 ha

Rural land

Limited ag use

Typical capability (LSC class 6)

n/a

Carbon not mapped here

Lismore City Council — rural suburbs

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 8,341 rural lots in Lismore City Council.

Class 1–20%

Class 3–448%

Class 5–627%

Class 7–825%

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

1,307 mm

Wet

Mean max temp

25.4 °C

annual average daily max

Extreme heat days

7 / year

Mild summers

Frost days

2 / year

Frost-free

Aridity index

0.84 P/PET

Humid

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.

Above-ground biomass is not mapped at this council's rural lots — typical of small coastal or inner-urban LGAs where the ESA CCI Biomass raster has no rural-lot coverage.

Vegetation

Cover profile

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

Green cover67%

Forest cover16%

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

with groundwater access

Nearest registered bore

0.6

km away

A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.

Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Richmond River Area Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2023

Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots in Lismore City Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 89%

Coastal environment 20%

Acid-sulfate soils 19%

Threatened ecological 17%

Heritage-listed 2%

No exposure

Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Contamination history · In mining title

Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Lismore City Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 2.0 km

Nearest school 2.7 km

Rail station 26.7 km

Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 7.1 km · 330 kV

Transmission line 4.6 km · 330 kV

Transmission line within commercial-solar range.

Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 8.7 km

Water treatment 7.2 km

Rural market

High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered RU-zoned sales across Lismore City Council, last 5 years.

$290k

per hectare (median)

160

sales (last 5 yrs)

Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Grazing modified pastures

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Lismore City Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo

+35.0% ↑

median price across all sales (residential + rural)

Price change · 3 mo

+51.1% ↑

Sales volume · 12 mo

+177.0% ↑

year-on-year change in sale count

Median weekly rent

$491

+8.9% y/y

Gross rental yield

3.26%

Days on market

34 days ↑

5 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Lismore City Council (64)

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↓	Hectares	Capability	Carbon t/ha	$/ha (5y)
Nimbin 2480	587	8,581	Limited ag use (6)	—	$2.31M H
Dunoon 2480	404	3,206	Good grazing (3)	—	$1.05M H
South Gundurimba 2480	404	7,006	Good grazing (3)	—	$142k H
North Lismore 2480	383	723	Good grazing (3)	—	$46k M
Clunes 2480	378	2,859	Limited ag use (6)	—	$1.46M H
Caniaba 2480	339	3,712	Good grazing (3)	—	$1.74M H
Bexhill 2480	278	2,297	Limited ag use (6)	—	$4.58M M
Wyrallah 2480	242	2,509	Conservation only (7)	—	$33k H
Monaltrie 2480	240	2,246	Good grazing (3)	—	$223k H
The Channon 2480	214	2,216	Limited ag use (6)	—	$91k L
Rosebank 2480	195	3,608	Limited ag use (6)	—	$107k H
Tregeagle 2480	191	2,367	Good grazing (3)	—	$580k H
Jiggi 2480	188	4,637	Conservation only (7)	—	—
Koonorigan 2480	185	4,695	Limited ag use (6)	—	$55k L
Rock Valley 2480	166	4,703	Limited ag use (6)	—	$392k M
Corndale 2480	166	2,892	Limited ag use (6)	—	$89k M
Goonellabah 2480	135	1,378	Conservation only (7)	—	$293k H
Lindendale 2480	134	1,701	Good grazing (3)	—	$168k L
Larnook 2480	132	5,963	Conservation only (7)	—	$66k M
Georgica 2480	129	3,521	Conservation only (7)	—	$28k L
Eltham 2480	125	2,028	Limited ag use (6)	—	$282k H
South Lismore 2480	124	562	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Marom Creek 2480	124	2,888	Conservation only (7)	—	—
Numulgi 2480	118	2,187	Conservation only (7)	—	$2.16M L
Tullera 2480	118	1,823	Good grazing (3)	—	$535k M
McLeans Ridges 2480	109	1,362	Limited ag use (6)	—	$40k M
Tucki Tucki 2480	108	2,134	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Ruthven 2480	103	2,154	Good grazing (3)	—	$616k M
Blakebrook 2480	97	1,931	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Stony Chute 2480	97	2,660	Limited ag use (6)	—	$13k L
Coffee Camp 2480	96	2,002	Limited ag use (6)	—	$17k L
North Woodburn 2472	93	615	Good grazing (3)	—	$6.97M M
Booerie Creek 2480	88	1,539	Conservation only (7)	—	—
Tuntable Creek 2480	87	2,387	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Leycester 2480	85	1,945	Conservation only (7)	—	—
Blue Knob 2480	83	2,480	Limited ag use (6)	—	$4k L
Goolmangar 2480	83	1,614	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Pearces Creek 2477	83	1,061	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Keerrong 2480	81	1,673	Limited ag use (6)	—	$61k L
Booyong 2480	79	1,088	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Whian Whian 2480	76	1,615	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Terania Creek 2480	75	2,521	Conservation only (7)	—	—
Dorroughby 2480	73	1,123	Good grazing (4)	—	$65k M
Tuckurimba 2480	72	1,949	Limited ag use (6)	—	$300k L
Tuncester 2480	67	1,245	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Fernside 2480	65	1,984	Good grazing (4)	—	$194k L
Modanville 2480	58	992	Conservation only (7)	—	$26k M
Dungarubba 2480	57	1,816	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
East Lismore 2480	55	91	Good grazing (3)	—	$153k L
Kilgin 2472	48	1,293	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Buckendoon 2472	45	1,536	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Repentance Creek 2480	43	806	Limited ag use (6)	—	$121k M
Boat Harbour 2316	42	737	Limited ag use (5)	—	—
Lagoon Grass 2480	34	767	Good grazing (4)	—	—
Green Forest 2471	32	1,153	Limited ag use (5)	—	—
Richmond Hill 2480	31	430	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Woodlawn 2480	31	668	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Chilcotts Grass 2480	31	138	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Mountain Top 2480	27	1,373	Good grazing (3)	—	$84k L
Bungabbee 2480	26	947	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Howards Grass 2480	20	305	Good grazing (3.5)	—	$194k L
Loftville 2480	19	209	Good grazing (3)	—	$627k N
Lismore Heights 2480	16	64	Conservation only (7)	—	—
Lismore 2480	3	5	Conservation only (7)	—	—

Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Lismore City Council.

In mining title

of rural lots

Nearest mine

17.7 km

mean across lots

Coal < 10 km

21%

of rural lots

Nearest critical mineral

112.4 km

Cu, Au (Ag, Zn, Pb, Co)

Land character

Geology New England Orogen Wine GI Northern Rivers

Nearby councils in Northern Rivers

Other rural councils in the same region.

Clarence Valley Council

14,564 rural lots · Good grazing

Richmond Valley Council

8,226 rural lots · Good grazing

Tweed Shire Council

7,319 rural lots · Limited ag use

Kyogle Council

6,447 rural lots · Limited ag use

Byron Shire Council

3,516 rural lots · Limited ag use

Ballina Shire Council

3,355 rural lots · Limited ag use

About Lismore City Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Lismore City Council? ▾

Across 8,341 rural lots in Lismore City Council, the dominant land use is Grazing modified pastures. The typical land-capability class is Limited ag use — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.

What's the climate of Lismore City Council's rural land? ▾

Rural lots in Lismore City Council average 1,307 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 25.4°C, and 2 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.84 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

What's the rural land market like in Lismore City Council? ▾

Median rural rate across Lismore City Council is $290k/ha based on 160 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.