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Moree Plains Shire Council

10,564 rural lots across 22 suburbs. Dominant land use: Cropping.

10,564
Rural lots
1.72 M ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (class 3)
104 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Moree Plains Shire 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 10,564 rural lots in Moree Plains Shire Council.

Class 3 Good grazing
Class 1–240%
Class 3–450%
Class 5–69%
Class 7–80%
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
563 mm
Sub-humid
Mean max temp
27.3 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
48 / year
Hot summers
Frost days
24 / year
Light frost
Aridity index
0.27 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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover21%
Forest cover8%
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
2.3
km away
A bore is within easy driving — typical of farming country.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir Unregulated River 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 Moree Plains Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 94%
Threatened ecological 20%
Heritage-listed 1%
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 across Moree Plains Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 6.6 km
Nearest school 15.0 km
Rail station 85.8 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 26.3 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 12.6 km · 132 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 52.0 km
Water treatment 26.0 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales across Moree Plains Shire Council, last 5 years.

$495k
per hectare (median)
133
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Cropping

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Moree Plains Shire Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+519.2%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+40.2%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+174.5%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$276
+25.1% y/y
Gross rental yield
8.81%
Days on market
40 days
16 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Moree Plains Shire Council (18)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Moree 2400 2,454
Boggabilla 2409 1,393
Garah 2405 1,133
Bullarah 2400 843
Gravesend 2401 789
Mungindi 2406 650
Boomi 2405 600
Gurley 2398 584
Pallamallawa 2399 532
Ashley 2400 465
Weemelah 2406 342
Biniguy 2399 323
Mallowa 2400 274
Berrigal 2390 210
Terry Hie Hie 2400 174
Tulloona 2400 173
Croppa Creek 2411 164
Rocky Creek 2390 160
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine region Western Plains

About Moree Plains Shire Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Moree Plains Shire Council?

Across 10,564 rural lots in Moree Plains Shire Council, the dominant land use is Cropping. Typical land capability is good grazing.

What's the climate of Moree Plains Shire Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Moree Plains Shire Council average 563 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 27.3°C, and 24 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.27.

What's the rural land market like in Moree Plains Shire Council?

The median rural rate across Moree Plains Shire Council is $495k/ha based on 133 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.