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Richmond Valley Council

8,226 rural lots across 52 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing modified pastures.

8,226

Rural lots

323,541 ha

Rural land

Good grazing

Typical capability (LSC class 4)

n/a

Carbon not mapped here

Richmond Valley Council — rural suburbs

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 8,226 rural lots in Richmond Valley Council.

Class 1–20%

Class 3–458%

Class 5–638%

Class 7–83%

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

1,147 mm

Wet

Mean max temp

25.8 °C

annual average daily max

Extreme heat days

10 / year

Mild summers

Frost days

2 / year

Frost-free

Aridity index

0.72 P/PET

Humid

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.

Above-ground biomass is not mapped at this council's rural lots — typical of small coastal or inner-urban LGAs where the ESA CCI Biomass raster has no rural-lot coverage.

Vegetation

Cover profile

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

Green cover57%

Forest cover24%

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

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 Richmond River Area Unregulated, Regulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2023

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Bushfire-prone 88%

Acid-sulfate soils 38%

Coastal environment 32%

Threatened ecological 20%

Landslide-prone 8%

Heritage-listed 1%

No exposure

Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Salinity-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 Richmond Valley Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 3.0 km

Nearest school 6.5 km

Rail station 23.6 km

Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 9.0 km · 330 kV

Transmission line 4.5 km · 330 kV

Transmission line within commercial-solar range.

Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 12.9 km

Water treatment 11.1 km

Rural market

High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$752k

per hectare (median)

159

sales (last 5 yrs)

Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Grazing modified pastures

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

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo

+19.9% ↑

median price across all sales (residential + rural)

Price change · 3 mo

+1.7% ↑

Sales volume · 12 mo

+190.1% ↑

year-on-year change in sale count

Median weekly rent

$460

+6.2% y/y

Gross rental yield

3.57%

Days on market

35 days ↑

7 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Richmond Valley Council (50)

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↓	Hectares	Capability	Carbon t/ha	$/ha (5y)
Coraki 2471	994	3,012	Good grazing (4)	—	$1.06M H
Woodburn 2472	601	5,096	Limited ag use (6)	—	$2.23M H
Tatham 2471	492	8,089	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Casino 2470	481	9,060	Good grazing (3)	—	$477k H
Broadwater 2472	412	1,944	Limited ag use (6)	—	$3.04M H
East Coraki 2471	334	5,578	Limited ag use (6)	—	$457k H
Myrtle Creek 2470	277	26,281	Limited ag use (5)	—	—
Yorklea 2470	267	8,703	Good grazing (4)	—	$41k M
Ellangowan 2470	263	16,354	Limited ag use (5)	—	$16k M
Piora 2470	234	5,454	Good grazing (4)	—	$38k M
Shannon Brook 2470	224	8,356	Good grazing (3)	—	$197k M
Codrington 2471	212	2,293	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Bentley 2480	200	7,058	Limited ag use (6)	—	$15k M
Rappville 2469	199	4,608	Good grazing (4)	—	—
New Italy 2472	177	7,492	Limited ag use (5)	—	—
Leeville 2470	159	7,201	Good grazing (3)	—	$95 L
Whiporie 2470	154	13,558	Good grazing (4)	—	$16k L
Bungawalbin 2470	149	8,886	Limited ag use (6)	—	$13k L
West Coraki 2471	140	7,103	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Spring Grove 2470	139	4,083	Good grazing (3)	—	$47k M
Busbys Flat 2469	139	21,959	Limited ag use (5)	—	—
Greenridge 2470	137	3,745	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Dobies Bight 2470	135	4,054	Good grazing (3)	—	$89k M
Rileys Hill 2472	130	775	Good grazing (4)	—	—
Stratheden 2470	129	5,941	Good grazing (4)	—	$25k M
Wyan 2469	123	9,308	Limited ag use (5)	—	$40k L
McKees Hill 2480	118	3,062	Good grazing (3)	—	$19k M
Woodview 2470	117	4,797	Good grazing (4)	—	$17k M
Mongogarie 2470	109	8,200	Good grazing (4)	—	$9k M
North Casino 2470	106	2,431	Limited ag use (6)	—	$29k M
Bora Ridge 2471	102	5,002	Limited ag use (6)	—	$163k M
Fairy Hill 2470	99	3,389	Good grazing (3)	—	$346k M
Backmede 2470	98	3,683	Good grazing (3)	—	$121k M
Coombell 2470	94	11,943	Good grazing (4)	—	—
Hogarth Range 2470	78	7,372	Good grazing (4)	—	—
Gibberagee 2469	73	17,562	Limited ag use (6)	—	$8k L
Upper Mongogarie 2470	69	10,558	Limited ag use (6)	—	—
Naughtons Gap 2470	64	2,007	Limited ag use (6)	—	$110k N
Irvington 2470	64	1,505	Good grazing (3)	—	$390k L
Mount Marsh 2469	62	12,923	Good grazing (4)	—	—
West Bungawalbin 2471	61	5,647	Good grazing (4)	—	—
Clovass 2480	61	1,683	Good grazing (3)	—	—
Clearfield 2469	60	4,585	Good grazing (4)	—	—
Tabbimoble 2472	58	7,736	Limited ag use (5)	—	—
Kippenduff 2469	57	8,749	Limited ag use (5)	—	—
Camira 2469	55	9,153	Good grazing (4)	—	—
Doonbah 2473	48	412	Limited ag use (5)	—	—
Tomki 2470	37	1,152	Good grazing (3)	—	$17k L
Six Mile Swamp 2469	16	4,002	Good grazing (4)	—	—
Evans Head 2473	14	206	Limited ag use (6)	—	—

Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Richmond Valley Council.

In mining title

of rural lots

Nearest mine

20.5 km

mean across lots

Coal < 10 km

29%

of rural lots

Nearest critical mineral

86.2 km

Cu, Au (Ag, Zn, Pb, Co)

Land character

Geology New England Orogen Wine GI Northern Rivers

Nearby councils in Northern Rivers

Other rural councils in the same region.

Clarence Valley Council

14,564 rural lots · Good grazing

Lismore City Council

8,341 rural lots · Limited ag use

Tweed Shire Council

7,319 rural lots · Limited ag use

Kyogle Council

6,447 rural lots · Limited ag use

Byron Shire Council

3,516 rural lots · Limited ag use

Ballina Shire Council

3,355 rural lots · Limited ag use

About Richmond Valley Council

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

Across 8,226 rural lots in Richmond Valley Council, the dominant land use is Grazing modified pastures. The typical land-capability class is Good grazing — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.

What's the climate of Richmond Valley Council's rural land? ▾

Rural lots in Richmond Valley Council average 1,147 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 25.8°C, and 2 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.72 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

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

Median rural rate across Richmond Valley Council is $752k/ha based on 159 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.