754,627 rural NSW lots pre-computed | 183 data fields per property | Carbon credit estimates for every lot | 159+ regulatory obligations from 16 regulations | Soil, climate, water, vegetation intelligence | Know what you CAN do with your land | Reports in ~60 seconds | 754,627 rural NSW lots pre-computed | 183 data fields per property | Carbon credit estimates for every lot | 159+ regulatory obligations from 16 regulations | Soil, climate, water, vegetation intelligence | Know what you CAN do with your land | Reports in ~60 seconds |
Riverina

Murrumbidgee Council

7,463 rural lots across 17 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

7,463
Rural lots
962,434 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (LSC class 4)
54 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Murrumbidgee Council — rural suburbs

© NSW Government · DEA · CSIRO TERN

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 7,463 rural lots in Murrumbidgee Council.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–468%
Class 5–627%
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

30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
392 mm
Semi-arid
Mean max temp
23.8 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
32 / year
Hot summers
Frost days
33 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.23 P/PET
Semi-arid

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.

54 tCO₂e/ha
mean across rural lots
9.14 M tCO₂e
total estimated
ESA CCI Biomass 2023, ~100m raster.
Vegetation

Cover profile

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

Green cover34%
Forest cover6%
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
1.0
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Unregulated River Water Sources 2025

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Groundwater vulnerable 49%
Recharge area or shallow aquifer.
Threatened ecological 34%
TEC mapping — clearing constraints apply.
Bushfire-prone 16%
Heritage-listed 4%
No exposure
Flood-prone · 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 Murrumbidgee Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 5.7 km
Nearest school 17.6 km
Rail station 72.1 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 17.1 km · 330 kV
Transmission line 8.7 km · 330 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 33.2 km
Water treatment 20.1 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$1.01M
per hectare (median)
90
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Grazing native vegetation

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

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
-38.5%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
-38.9%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+127.2%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$305
+46.2% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.60%
Days on market
30 days
10 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Murrumbidgee Council (17)

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
Carrathool 2711 2,185
Jerilderie 2716 2,041
Finley 2713 1,836
Coleambally 2707 1,593
Berrigan 2712 1,571
Darlington Point 2706 1,545
Oaklands 2646 1,151
Bundure 2700 608
Steam Plains 2710 569
Coree 2710 453
Mabins Well 2716 248
Argoon 2707 165
Four Corners 2716 148
Logie Brae 2713 111
Gala Vale 2716 108
Nyora 2646 93
Mairjimmy 2716 82
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine GI Riverina

About Murrumbidgee Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Murrumbidgee Council?

Across 7,463 rural lots in Murrumbidgee Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. The typical land-capability class is Good grazing — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.

What's the climate of Murrumbidgee Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Murrumbidgee Council average 392 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.8°C, and 33 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.23 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

What's the rural land market like in Murrumbidgee Council?

Median rural rate across Murrumbidgee Council is $1.01M/ha based on 90 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.