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Nimbin 2480

587 rural lots across 6,593 ha in Lismore City Council. Dominant: Residential and farm infrastructure.

587
Rural lots
6,593 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (class 6)
n/a
Carbon not mapped here

Where is Nimbin?

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Capability

Land & soil capability mix

Distribution of land-capability classes across the 587 rural lots in this suburb. Class 1 is prime cropping land; class 8 is conservation only.

Class 6 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–449%
Class 5–637%
Class 7–813%
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

Long-term climate averages across the rural lots in this suburb.

Annual rainfall
1,594 mm
Wet
Mean max temp
24.1 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
2 / year
Cool summers
Frost days
2 / year
Frost-free
Aridity index
1.09 P/PET
Humid

Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.

Carbon

Carbon opportunity

Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.

Above-ground biomass is not mapped at suburb scale here — typical of small coastal or peri-urban rural lots outside the satellite biomass product's coverage. Site-specific carbon estimates per property are available in the AgDSS app.
Satellite above-ground biomass, summarised per lot. Site-specific carbon pre-feasibility per property is available in the AgDSS app.
Vegetation

Cover profile

Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.

Green cover67%
Forest cover20%
Mean across all rural lots in this suburb. Per-lot vegetation and biodiversity-incentive eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
Water

Surface water rights and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across the 587 rural lots.

Water access

Surface and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.

100%
in a water sharing plan
0%
with groundwater access
Nearest registered bore
0.9
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 intersecting each hazard or planning constraint. Sorted highest first; zero-exposure items collapsed at the bottom.

Bushfire-prone 82%
Heritage-listed 21%
Threatened ecological 14%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Acid-sulfate soils · Contamination history · Coastal environment · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 1.3 km
Nearest school 1.9 km
Rail station 22.6 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 14.0 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 14.1 km · 132 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 2.6 km
Water treatment 2.7 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

$3.17M
per hectare (median)
16
sales (last 5 yrs)
The median of sale price ÷ lot hectares across registered rural-zoned sales. Source: NSW Valuer-General.
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Residential and farm infrastructure

The land-use category covering the largest share of rural lots in Nimbin. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.

Market trends

Suburb-wide pulse

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.

Price change · 12 mo
+16.8%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+77.2%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+88.9%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$490
-1.0% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.32%
Days on market
35 days
17 active listings

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

Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Some rural areas have active mining titles, coal mines or critical-mineral occurrences nearby. Relevant for both surface-impact assessment and royalty exposure.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
3.0 km
mean across rural lots
Coal mine within 10 km
100%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
123.8 km
Cu, Au (Ag, Zn, Pb, Co)
Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine region Northern Rivers

About Nimbin 2480

What does the rural land in Nimbin 2480 look like?

Nimbin 2480 contains 587 rural lots covering 6,593 ha. Typical land capability is limited ag use (class 6). Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.

What carbon opportunity is in Nimbin's rural land?

Mean above-ground biomass carbon density across rural lots in Nimbin 2480 is —/ha, with an estimated — across the suburb. Site-specific carbon stock for a particular property is available in the AgDSS app.

What's the rural land market like in Nimbin?

The median rural rate in Nimbin is $3.17M/ha based on 16 registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

Where does this data come from?

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.