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Mid-North Coast

Nambucca Valley Council

4,530 rural lots across 36 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

4,530
Rural lots
79,694 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (class 6)
345 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Nambucca Valley 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 4,530 rural lots in Nambucca Valley Council.

Class 6 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–445%
Class 5–632%
Class 7–823%
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
1,327 mm
Wet
Mean max temp
24.5 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
2 / year
Cool summers
Frost days
5 / year
Light frost
Aridity index
0.94 P/PET
Humid

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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover68%
Forest cover34%
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
0.9
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Nambucca Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Bushfire-prone 87%
Coastal environment 30%
Acid-sulfate soils 21%
Threatened ecological 13%
Heritage-listed 2%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Contamination history · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Nambucca Valley Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 5.3 km
Nearest school 5.1 km
Rail station 10.4 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 10.7 km · 132 kV
Transmission line 7.4 km · 132 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 12.5 km
Water treatment 8.5 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales across Nambucca Valley Council, last 5 years.

$744k
per hectare (median)
103
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 Nambucca Valley Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+175.6%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+9.1%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+127.7%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$471
+5.5% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.21%
Days on market
38 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 Nambucca Valley Council (35)

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Suburb Rural lots
Bowraville 2449 712
Valla 2448 390
Eungai Creek 2441 273
Missabotti 2449 267
South Arm 2449 259
Argents Hill 2449 208
Yarranbella 2447 191
Warrell Creek 2447 166
Upper Taylors Arm 2447 161
Utungun 2447 150
Congarinni North 2447 147
Buckra Bendinni 2449 139
Congarinni 2447 126
Taylors Arm 2447 124
Eungai Rail 2441 122
Macksville 2447 122
Talarm 2447 116
Burrapine 2447 93
Tamban 2441 83
Way Way 2447 81
Gumma 2447 79
North Macksville 2447 78
Newee Creek 2447 75
Allgomera 2441 57
Girralong 2449 56
Wirrimbi 2447 51
Thumb Creek 2447 50
Donnellyville 2447 49
Spicketts Creek 2454 47
Tewinga 2449 39
Nambucca Heads 2448 23
Kennaicle Creek 2449 12
Valla Beach 2448 8
Hyland Park 2448 2
Scotts Head 2447 2
Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine region Northern Rivers

About Nambucca Valley Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Nambucca Valley Council?

Across 4,530 rural lots in Nambucca Valley Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is limited ag use.

What's the climate of Nambucca Valley Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Nambucca Valley Council average 1,327 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 24.5°C, and 5 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.94.

What's the rural land market like in Nambucca Valley Council?

The median rural rate across Nambucca Valley Council is $744k/ha based on 103 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.