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Tamworth Regional Council

17,051 rural lots across 77 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

17,051
Rural lots
1.25 M ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (LSC class 4)
35 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Tamworth Regional 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 17,051 rural lots in Tamworth Regional Council.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–24%
Class 3–450%
Class 5–630%
Class 7–816%
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
751 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
22.9 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
12 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
66 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.51 P/PET
Sub-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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover43%
Forest cover20%
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 Namoi and Peel Unregulated Rivers Water Sources 2026

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Bushfire-prone 91%
Threatened ecological 13%
Flood-prone 5%
Heritage-listed 3%
No exposure
Groundwater vulnerable · 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 Tamworth Regional Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 5.0 km
Nearest school 8.3 km
Rail station 34.1 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 10.8 km · 330 kV
Transmission line 7.1 km · 330 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 21.1 km
Water treatment 15.6 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$582k
per hectare (median)
240
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 Tamworth Regional Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+76.9% ↑
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+15.1% ↑
Sales volume · 12 mo
+175.3% ↑
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$385
+15.5% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.29%
Days on market
43 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 Tamworth Regional Council (70)

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↓
Barraba 2347 2,004
Nundle 2340 787
Attunga 2345 714
Somerton 2340 627
Halls Creek 2346 565
Currabubula 2342 551
Moonbi 2353 474
Bective 2340 431
Manilla 2346 420
Duri 2344 413
Woodsreef 2347 405
Dungowan 2340 394
Upper Manilla 2346 377
Limbri 2352 329
Woolomin 2340 322
Watsons Creek 2355 310
Kootingal 2352 289
Rushes Creek 2346 266
Ogunbil 2340 266
Namoi River 2346 256
Winton 2344 250
Loomberah 2340 230
Hanging Rock 2536 229
Red Hill 2347 228
Moore Creek 2340 224
Gowrie 2330 218
Bowling Alley Point 2340 212
Piallaway 2342 204
Wongo Creek 2346 198
Mulla Creek 2352 194
Weabonga 2340 192
New Mexico 2346 180
Borah Creek 2346 173
Klori 2346 165
Gulf Creek 2347 162
Garoo 2340 160
Calala 2340 158
Warral 2340 145
Wimborne 2346 145
Hallsville 2340 140
Nemingha 2340 137
Garthowen 2345 136
Duncans Creek 2340 135
Mayvale 2347 135
Westdale 2340 129
Ironbark 2347 125
Warrabah 2346 119
Retreat 2355 112
Banoon 2347 99
Longarm 2347 88
Bithramere 2340 87
Kingswood 2747 83
Lindesay 2347 80
Timbumburi 2340 78
Daruka 2340 65
Piallamore 2340 53
East Tamworth 2340 52
Wallamore 2340 48
North Tamworth 2340 43
Oxley Vale 2340 37
South Tamworth 2340 36
Gidley 2340 35
Thirldene 2347 31
Appleby 2340 28
Hillvue 2340 25
Goonoo Goonoo 2340 21
West Tamworth 2340 20
Tintinhull 2352 15
Taminda 2340 14
Tamworth 2340 3
Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine GI Northern Slopes

Nearby councils in New England

Other rural councils in the same region.

Tenterfield Shire Council
12,249 rural lots · Limited ag use
Inverell Shire Council
12,212 rural lots · Good grazing
Armidale Regional Council
10,897 rural lots · Limited ag use
Moree Plains Shire Council
10,564 rural lots · Good grazing
Gwydir Shire Council
9,970 rural lots · Limited ag use
Narrabri Shire Council
8,523 rural lots · Good grazing
Liverpool Plains Shire Council
8,049 rural lots · Good grazing
Gunnedah Shire Council
6,876 rural lots · Good grazing

About Tamworth Regional Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Tamworth Regional Council? ▾

Across 17,051 rural lots in Tamworth Regional 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 Tamworth Regional Council's rural land? ▾

Rural lots in Tamworth Regional Council average 751 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 22.9°C, and 66 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.51 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

What's the rural land market like in Tamworth Regional Council? ▾

Median rural rate across Tamworth Regional Council is $582k/ha based on 240 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.