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Shoalhaven City Council

9,554 rural lots across 119 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.

9,554
Rural lots
137,305 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (LSC class 5)
161 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Shoalhaven City 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 9,554 rural lots in Shoalhaven City Council.

Class 5 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–437%
Class 5–651%
Class 7–812%
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
1,134 mm
Wet
Mean max temp
21.4 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
3 / year
Cool summers
Frost days
3 / year
Frost-free
Aridity index
0.79 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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover64%
Forest cover36%
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 Clyde River 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 Shoalhaven City Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 90%
Acid-sulfate soils 85%
Coastal environment 38%
Threatened ecological 10%
Heritage-listed 3%
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 Shoalhaven City Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 2.8 km
Nearest school 7.7 km
Rail station 34.8 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 9.3 km · 330 kV
Transmission line 3.8 km · 330 kV
Transmission line within commercial-solar range.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 13.9 km
Water treatment 9.4 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$1.17M
per hectare (median)
279
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.

Residential and farm infrastructure

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

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+9.9% ↑
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+45.4% ↑
Sales volume · 12 mo
+132.5% ↑
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$548
+7.4% y/y
Gross rental yield
2.70%
Days on market
45 days
5 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Shoalhaven City Council (113)

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↓
Bawley Point 2539 642
Kangaroo Valley 2577 555
Tomerong 2540 542
Lake Tabourie 2539 448
Lake Conjola 2539 440
Woollamia 2541 381
Kioloa 2539 372
Fishermans Paradise 2539 330
Berry 2535 298
Conjola Park 2539 263
Nowra Hill 2540 240
Wandandian 2540 214
Jaspers Brush 2535 204
Currowan 2536 198
Termeil 2539 192
St Georges Basin 2540 190
Morton 2538 177
Yatte Yattah 2539 173
Falls Creek 2540 150
Tapitallee 2540 148
Barrengarry 2577 134
Coolangatta 2535 130
Terara 2540 130
Upper Kangaroo River 2577 128
Milton 2538 124
Meroo Meadow 2540 122
Little Forest 2538 113
Conjola 2539 106
Cambewarra 2540 99
Pyree 2540 99
Budgong 2577 95
Croobyar 2539 95
Numbaa 2540 92
Far Meadow 2535 84
Bolong 2540 82
Broughton Vale 2535 80
Beaumont 2577 79
Budawang 2622 76
Yerriyong 2540 74
Sassafras 2622 72
Bellawongarah 2535 70
Parma 2540 67
Brooman 2538 62
Durras North 2536 62
East Lynne 2536 56
Mogood 2538 54
Depot Beach 2536 50
Wattamolla 2535 47
Worrowing Heights 2540 47
Jerrawangala 2540 42
Comberton 2540 41
Brundee 2540 39
Erowal Bay 2540 38
Back Forest 2535 36
Woodhill 2535 35
Broughton 2535 34
Illaroo 2540 31
Bangalee 2541 30
Burrier 2540 29
Touga 2622 29
Barringella 2540 29
Sussex Inlet 2540 28
Bewong 2540 28
Yadboro 2539 27
Comerong Island 2540 26
Worrigee 2540 23
Bomaderry 2541 22
Wollumboola 2540 20
Bendalong 2539 20
Basin View 2540 19
Cockwhy 2539 18
Browns Mountain 2540 17
Nowra 2541 16
North Nowra 2541 15
Tianjara 2622 15
Pointer Mountain 2539 15
Quiera 2622 13
Coolumburra 2622 12
Red Rocks 2577 12
Bamarang 2540 12
Huskisson 2540 10
St George 2622 9
Ulladulla 2539 9
Budderoo 2535 9
Greenwell Point 2540 9
Shoalhaven Heads 2535 8
Badagarang 2540 8
Old Erowal Bay 2540 8
Brogers Creek 2535 7
Callala Beach 2540 6
Berringer Lake 2539 6
Callala Bay 2540 6
Tullarwalla 2540 6
Longreach 2540 5
Berry Mountain 2535 5
Burrill Lake 2539 4
Bundewallah 2535 4
Sanctuary Point 2540 3
Mondayong 2540 3
Mount Kingiman 2539 3
Myola 2540 3
Mundamia 2540 3
Pebbly Beach 2536 3
South Nowra 2541 2
Cambewarra Village 2541 2
Manyana 2539 2
Narrawallee 2539 1
Beecroft Peninsula 2540 1
Mollymook Beach 2539 1
Moollattoo 2540 1
Hyams Beach 2540 1
Orient Point 2540 1
Watersleigh 2540 1
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Shoalhaven City Council.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
24.1 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
10%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
90.2 km
Zn, Cu, Pb, (Ag, Au)
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine GI Shoalhaven Coast

Nearby councils in South Coast

Other rural councils in the same region.

Bega Valley Shire Council
10,476 rural lots · Limited ag use
Goulburn Mulwaree Council
6,666 rural lots · Limited ag use
Eurobodalla Shire Council
4,680 rural lots · Limited ag use

About Shoalhaven City Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Shoalhaven City Council? ▾

Across 9,554 rural lots in Shoalhaven City 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.

What's the climate of Shoalhaven City Council's rural land? ▾

Rural lots in Shoalhaven City Council average 1,134 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 21.4°C, and 3 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.79 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

What's the rural land market like in Shoalhaven City Council? ▾

Median rural rate across Shoalhaven City Council is $1.17M/ha based on 279 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.