4,431 rural lots across 36 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.
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 NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 4,431 rural lots in Port Stephens Council.
30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots in this council.
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).
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).
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 Port Stephens Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Port Stephens Council.
Registered RU-zoned sales across Port Stephens Council, last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Port Stephens Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Port Stephens Council; the rural-only $/ha rate above is the rural benchmark.
Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.
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↓ |
|---|---|
| Karuah 2324 | 765 |
| Salt Ash 2318 | 463 |
| Fullerton Cove 2318 | 359 |
| Hinton 2321 | 287 |
| Williamtown 2318 | 266 |
| Woodville 2321 | 210 |
| Seaham 2324 | 209 |
| Glen Oak 2320 | 208 |
| Bobs Farm 2316 | 180 |
| East Seaham 2324 | 179 |
| Swan Bay 2324 | 178 |
| Anna Bay 2316 | 159 |
| Duns Creek 2321 | 157 |
| Nelsons Plains 2324 | 123 |
| Medowie 2318 | 120 |
| Eagleton 2324 | 90 |
| Butterwick 2321 | 77 |
| Ferodale 2318 | 74 |
| Wallalong 2320 | 70 |
| Raymond Terrace 2324 | 64 |
| Osterley 2324 | 50 |
| Tomago 2322 | 47 |
| Heatherbrae 2324 | 45 |
| Twelve Mile Creek 2324 | 41 |
| Balickera 2324 | 33 |
| One Mile 2316 | 29 |
| Campvale 2318 | 19 |
| Oyster Cove 2318 | 17 |
| Tanilba Bay 2319 | 17 |
| Brandy Hill 2324 | 10 |
| Nelson Bay 2315 | 5 |
| Taylors Beach 2316 | 4 |
| Mallabula 2319 | 3 |
| Lemon Tree Passage 2319 | 2 |
| Fern Bay 2295 | 1 |
Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Port Stephens Council.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 4,431 rural lots in Port Stephens Council, the dominant land use is Residential and farm infrastructure. The typical land-capability class is Limited ag use — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.
Rural lots in Port Stephens Council average 1,121 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.5°C, and 1 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.76 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.
Median rural rate across Port Stephens Council is $529k/ha based on 132 registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years (high confidence).
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.