12,939 rural lots across 49 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.
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 12,939 rural lots in Upper Hunter Shire 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 Upper Hunter Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across Upper Hunter Shire Council.
Registered RU-zoned sales across Upper Hunter Shire Council, last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Upper Hunter Shire Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across Upper Hunter Shire 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↓ |
|---|---|
| Merriwa 2329 | 2,717 |
| Turill 2850 | 552 |
| Wingen 2337 | 535 |
| Upper Rouchel 2336 | 507 |
| Gungal 2333 | 415 |
| Bunnan 2337 | 390 |
| Ellerston 2337 | 375 |
| Scone 2337 | 373 |
| Gundy 2337 | 322 |
| Upper Dartbrook 2336 | 312 |
| Crawney 2338 | 301 |
| Moonan Flat 2337 | 289 |
| Waverly 2337 | 288 |
| Blandford 2338 | 288 |
| Parkville 2337 | 274 |
| Kars Springs 2337 | 266 |
| Timor 2338 | 260 |
| Glenbawn 2337 | 251 |
| Owens Gap 2337 | 233 |
| Davis Creek 2336 | 221 |
| Murrurundi 2338 | 216 |
| Manobalai 2333 | 204 |
| Tomalla 2337 | 186 |
| Moobi 2337 | 180 |
| Scotts Creek 2338 | 177 |
| Rouchel 2336 | 177 |
| Glenrock 2440 | 174 |
| Belltrees 2337 | 166 |
| Moonan Brook 2337 | 158 |
| Stewarts Brook 2337 | 148 |
| Aberdeen 2336 | 144 |
| Segenhoe 2337 | 132 |
| Dartbrook 2336 | 131 |
| Sandy Creek 2835 | 129 |
| Murulla 2337 | 121 |
| Pages Creek 2337 | 118 |
| Woolooma 2337 | 114 |
| Middle Brook 2337 | 95 |
| Rouchel Brook 2336 | 86 |
| Dry Creek 2337 | 68 |
| Green Creek 2338 | 66 |
| Brawboy 2337 | 61 |
| Rossgole 2336 | 57 |
| Omadale 2337 | 49 |
| Pages River 2338 | 39 |
Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Upper Hunter Shire Council.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 12,939 rural lots in Upper Hunter Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. The typical land-capability class is Limited ag use — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.
Rural lots in Upper Hunter Shire Council average 736 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.0°C, and 41 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.51 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.
Median rural rate across Upper Hunter Shire Council is $532k/ha based on 109 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.