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Mid-Western Regional Council

16,188 rural lots across 117 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

16,188
Rural lots
614,657 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (class 5)
70 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Mid-Western Regional Council — rural suburbs

© NSW Government · Digital Earth Australia · CSIRO

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 land-capability classes across the 16,188 rural lots in Mid-Western Regional Council.

Class 5 Limited ag use
Class 1–21%
Class 3–428%
Class 5–659%
Class 7–811%
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 rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
707 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
21.9 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
11 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
57 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.49 P/PET
Semi-arid

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

Carbon

Carbon profile

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

70 tCO₂e/ha
mean across rural lots
41.00 M tCO₂e
total estimated
Satellite above-ground biomass, summarised per lot.
Vegetation

Cover profile

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

Green cover45%
Forest cover23%
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
0%
with groundwater access
Nearest registered bore
1.2
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie/Wambuul Bogan Unregulated Rivers Water Sources 2026

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots in Mid-Western Regional Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 60%
Groundwater vulnerable 56%
Recharge area or shallow aquifer.
Threatened ecological 13%
Heritage-listed 2%
Mine subsidence 2%
Flood-prone 1%
No exposure
Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · 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 across Mid-Western Regional Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 4.6 km
Nearest school 13.2 km
Rail station 64.3 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 11.3 km · 500 kV
Transmission line 5.9 km · 500 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 23.1 km
Water treatment 27.0 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales across Mid-Western Regional Council, last 5 years.

$1.93M
per hectare (median)
288
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Grazing native vegetation

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Mid-Western Regional Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Mid-Western Regional Council; the rural-only rate above is the rural benchmark.

Price change · 12 mo
+21.0% ↑
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+6.5% ↑
Sales volume · 12 mo
+173.6% ↑
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$466
+14.0% y/y
Gross rental yield
5.34%
Days on market
36 days
3 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Mid-Western Regional Council (111)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots↓
Kandos 2848 1,132
Rylstone 2849 740
Ilford 2850 546
Windeyer 2850 516
Hargraves 2850 484
Sofala 2795 483
Lue 2850 474
Wollar 2850 464
Gulgong 2852 454
Goolma 2852 420
Pyramul 2850 394
Piambong 2850 321
Running Stream 2850 320
Ulan 2850 296
Crudine 2795 292
Botobolar 2850 285
Clandulla 2848 280
Tambaroora 2850 279
Yarrabin 2850 254
Cooyal 2850 244
Twelve Mile 2850 243
Home Rule 2850 219
Olinda 2849 217
Mebul 2852 212
Stubbo 2852 207
Grattai 2850 201
Moolarben 2850 198
Charbon 2848 187
Eurunderee 2850 170
Bylong 2849 165
Aarons Pass 2850 162
Budden 2849 154
Spring Flat 2850 152
Wilpinjong 2850 147
Beryl 2852 142
Canadian Lead 2850 140
Hayes Gap 2850 139
Kelgoola 2849 137
Carwell 2849 134
Bungaba 2852 132
Two Mile Flat 2852 128
Monivae 2850 128
Barigan 2850 127
Galambine 2850 116
Cope 2852 111
Growee 2849 111
Pyangle 2849 111
Mount Marsden 2849 107
Cumbo 2850 107
Upper Bylong 2849 105
Pinnacle Swamp 2849 105
Breakfast Creek 2849 104
Wilbetree 2850 102
Camboon 2849 102
Buckaroo 2850 101
Dunville Loop 2849 100
Mullamuddy 2850 99
Ginghi 2849 91
Linburn 2850 91
Coggan 2849 90
Meroo 2850 89
Upper Turon 2795 86
Dabee 2849 86
Merotherie 2852 85
Erudgere 2850 85
Apple Tree Flat 2850 84
Triamble 2850 80
Mount Knowles 2850 77
Carcalgong 2850 77
Nullo Mountain 2849 76
Tichular 2850 74
Murrumbo 2849 72
Cudgegong 2850 71
Coxs Creek 2849 69
Burrundulla 2850 69
Bara 2850 67
Mount Frome 2850 65
Brogans Creek 2848 63
Lee Creek 2849 61
Round Swamp 2846 56
Menah 2850 52
Queens Pinch 2850 51
Kains Flat 2850 48
Collingwood 2850 46
Avisford 2850 44
Upper Growee 2849 44
Yarrawonga 2850 38
Budgee Budgee 2850 36
Ullamalla 2850 36
Worlds End 2850 33
Coxs Crown 2849 32
Cooks Gap 2850 30
Mudgee 2850 28
Havilah 2850 28
Cumbandry 2852 28
Dungeree 2849 27
Guntawang 2852 25
St Fillans 2850 23
Maitland Bar 2850 23
Green Gully 2850 22
Bombira 2850 22
Putta Bucca 2850 17
Totnes Valley 2850 17
Barneys Reef 2852 16
Frog Rock 2850 12
Cross Roads 2850 10
Caerleon 2850 10
Bocoble 2850 5
Munghorn 2850 4
Cullenbone 2850 3
Riverlea 2850 3
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Mid-Western Regional Council.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
21.1 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
20%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
92.9 km
Au
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine region Mudgee

Nearby councils in Central West

Other rural councils in the same region.

Hilltops Council
19,431 rural lots · Good grazing
Upper Lachlan Shire Council
17,843 rural lots · Limited ag use
Dubbo Regional Council
12,290 rural lots · Good grazing
Warrumbungle Shire Council
11,903 rural lots · Good grazing
Lachlan Shire Council
10,353 rural lots · Good grazing
Bathurst Regional Council
9,966 rural lots · Limited ag use
Cowra Shire Council
7,211 rural lots · Good grazing
Parkes Shire Council
6,726 rural lots · Good grazing

About Mid-Western Regional Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Mid-Western Regional Council? ▾

Across 16,188 rural lots in Mid-Western Regional Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is limited ag use.

What's the climate of Mid-Western Regional Council's rural land? ▾

Rural lots in Mid-Western Regional Council average 707 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 21.9°C, and 57 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.49.

What's the rural land market like in Mid-Western Regional Council? ▾

The median rural rate across Mid-Western Regional Council is $1.93M/ha based on 288 registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

What data sources are used? ▾

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.