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Hunter

Upper Hunter Shire Council

12,939 rural lots across 49 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

12,939
Rural lots
976,615 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (LSC class 5)
35 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Upper Hunter Shire 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 12,939 rural lots in Upper Hunter Shire Council.

Class 5 Limited ag use
Class 1–25%
Class 3–438%
Class 5–633%
Class 7–823%
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
736 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
23.0 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
14 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
41 / 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
44.42 M tCO₂e
total estimated
ESA CCI Biomass 2023, ~100m raster.
Vegetation

Cover profile

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

Green cover41%
Forest cover27%
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
1.7
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2022

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots in Upper Hunter Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 98%
Threatened ecological 21%
Groundwater vulnerable 17%
Heritage-listed 2%
Mine subsidence 2%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · 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 Upper Hunter Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 7.7 km
Nearest school 13.4 km
Rail station 35.1 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 26.6 km · 500 kV
Transmission line 12.9 km · 500 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 22.6 km
Water treatment 20.2 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered RU-zoned sales across Upper Hunter Shire Council, last 5 years.

$532k
per hectare (median)
109
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 Upper Hunter Shire Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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.

Price change · 12 mo
+54.7%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+10.3%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+173.5%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$422
+13.4% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.81%
Days on market
40 days
6 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Upper Hunter Shire Council (45)

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
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across Upper Hunter Shire Council.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
36.8 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
2%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
169.2 km
Au, (W, WO3, Sb)
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine GI Upper Hunter Valley

About Upper Hunter Shire Council

What's the dominant rural land use in Upper Hunter Shire Council?

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.

What's the climate of Upper Hunter Shire Council's rural land?

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.

What's the rural land market like in Upper Hunter Shire Council?

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).

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.