6,026 rural lots across 42 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.
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 land-capability classes across the 6,026 rural lots in Lithgow City Council.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
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.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.
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 Lithgow City Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Lithgow City Council.
Registered rural-zoned sales across Lithgow City Council, last 5 years.
From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Lithgow City Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Lithgow City Council; 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.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Glen Davis 2846 | 711 |
| Sunny Corner 2795 | 493 |
| Hampton 2790 | 396 |
| Capertee 2846 | 364 |
| Meadow Flat 2795 | 327 |
| Portland 2847 | 279 |
| Cullen Bullen 2790 | 258 |
| Sodwalls 2790 | 252 |
| Rydal 2790 | 239 |
| Glen Alice 2849 | 225 |
| Palmers Oaky 2795 | 223 |
| Lidsdale 2790 | 211 |
| Hartley 2790 | 201 |
| Megalong Valley 2785 | 199 |
| Ben Bullen 2790 | 165 |
| Kanimbla 2790 | 157 |
| Wallerawang 2845 | 151 |
| Mount Lambie 2790 | 135 |
| Newnes 2790 | 130 |
| Wolgan Valley 2790 | 115 |
| Bogee 2849 | 114 |
| Lowther 2790 | 113 |
| Blackmans Flat 2790 | 99 |
| Upper Nile 2849 | 85 |
| Dark Corner 2795 | 73 |
| Good Forest 2790 | 71 |
| South Bowenfels 2790 | 71 |
| Little Hartley 2790 | 68 |
| Marrangaroo 2790 | 64 |
| Hartley Vale 2790 | 38 |
| State Mine Gully 2790 | 14 |
| Bowenfels 2790 | 1 |
Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Lithgow City Council.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 6,026 rural lots in Lithgow City Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is limited ag use.
Rural lots in Lithgow City Council average 780 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 19.2°C, and 62 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.65.
The median rural rate across Lithgow City Council is $53k/ha based on 33 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.
Rural lots are those in a rural (RU) zone under the local environmental plan.