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Central West

Upper Lachlan Shire Council

17,843 rural lots across 52 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing modified pastures.

17,843
Rural lots
917,331 ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (LSC class 5)
23 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Upper Lachlan 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 17,843 rural lots in Upper Lachlan Shire Council.

Class 5 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–437%
Class 5–655%
Class 7–87%
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
746 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
19.6 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
6 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
80 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.61 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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover55%
Forest cover15%
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 Lachlan Unregulated River 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 Upper Lachlan Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 94%
Threatened ecological 10%
Heritage-listed 1%
No exposure
Flood-prone · 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 Upper Lachlan Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 5.5 km
Nearest school 11.5 km
Rail station 35.3 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 15.2 km · 500 kV
Transmission line 11.8 km · 500 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 27.9 km
Water treatment 20.6 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$1.36M
per hectare (median)
185
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 Upper Lachlan Shire Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+107.5%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+4.3%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+217.0%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$461
+19.4% y/y
Gross rental yield
4.01%
Days on market
31 days
4 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Upper Lachlan Shire Council (49)

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
Laggan 2583 1,219
Bigga 2583 1,120
Binda 2583 950
Crookwell 2583 788
Gunning 2581 728
Taralga 2580 700
Narrawa 2583 664
Currawang 2580 632
Bannaby 2580 562
Tuena 2583 523
Blakney Creek 2581 495
Bevendale 2581 493
Gurrundah 2581 471
Golspie 2580 444
Grabben Gullen 2583 438
Biala 2581 431
Peelwood 2583 427
Dalton 2581 422
Lost River 2583 403
Fullerton 2583 402
Breadalbane 2581 383
Broadway 2007 372
Middle Arm 2580 340
Wheeo 2582 324
Cullerin 2581 312
Brayton 2580 310
Crooked Corner 2583 306
Lade Vale 2581 287
Chatsbury 2580 277
Roslyn 2580 264
Myrtleville 2580 247
Jerrawa 2582 241
Oolong 2581 225
Curraweela 2580 221
Greenwich Park 2580 214
Bannister 2580 212
Big Hill 2580 197
Tarlo 2580 191
Wollogorang 2581 187
Wombeyan Caves 2580 174
Merrill 2581 169
Wiarborough 2580 164
Pejar 2583 156
Limerick 2583 134
Stonequarry 2580 127
Pomeroy 2580 107
Yalbraith 2580 97
Richlands 2580 51
Wayo 2580 30
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

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

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
59.6 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
0%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
41.9 km
Au, (Ag, Fe)
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine GI Southern New South Wales

About Upper Lachlan Shire Council

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

Across 17,843 rural lots in Upper Lachlan Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing modified pastures. 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 Lachlan Shire Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Upper Lachlan Shire Council average 746 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 19.6°C, and 80 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.61 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.

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

Median rural rate across Upper Lachlan Shire Council is $1.36M/ha based on 185 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.