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New England

Uralla Shire Council

6,165 rural lots across 25 suburbs. Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.

6,165
Rural lots
308,385 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (class 4)
28 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Uralla Shire Council — rural suburbs

© NSW Government · Digital Earth Australia · CSIRO

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 land-capability classes across the 6,165 rural lots in Uralla Shire Council.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–456%
Class 5–630%
Class 7–814%
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

Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
782 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
21.2 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
3 / year
Cool summers
Frost days
80 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.59 P/PET
Sub-humid

Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.

Carbon

Carbon profile

Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.

28 tCO₂e/ha
mean across rural lots
7.55 M tCO₂e
total estimated
Satellite above-ground biomass, summarised per lot.
Vegetation

Cover profile

Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.

Green cover45%
Forest cover17%
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
1.6
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir 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 Uralla Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 64%
Threatened ecological 17%
Heritage-listed 8%
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 Uralla Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 5.5 km
Nearest school 9.6 km
Rail station 29.4 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 14.1 km · 330 kV
Transmission line 9.2 km · 330 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 27.2 km
Water treatment 24.3 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales across Uralla Shire Council, last 5 years.

$1.38M
per hectare (median)
154
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Grazing native vegetation

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in Uralla Shire Council.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+131.1%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+23.1%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+160.7%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$358
+20.9% y/y
Gross rental yield
3.41%
Days on market
46 days
3 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Uralla Shire Council (24)

Click any column header to sort.

Suburb Rural lots
Bundarra 2359 1,471
Uralla 2358 567
Kentucky 2354 516
Salisbury Plains 2358 499
Yarrowyck 2358 448
Balala 2358 443
Rocky River 2358 428
Kingstown 2358 323
Arding 2358 254
Boorolong 2350 249
Abington 2350 242
Dumaresq 2350 223
Dangarsleigh 2350 223
Torryburn 2421 201
Camerons Creek 2359 194
Bakers Creek 2422 174
Kentucky South 2354 159
Mihi 2358 139
Saumarez 2350 115
Kellys Plains 2350 92
Briarbrook 2365 80
Gostwyck 2358 71
Saumarez Ponds 2350 58
Invergowrie 2350 39
Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine region New England Australia

About Uralla Shire Council

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

Across 6,165 rural lots in Uralla Shire Council, the dominant land use is Grazing native vegetation. Typical land capability is good grazing.

What's the climate of Uralla Shire Council's rural land?

Rural lots in Uralla Shire Council average 782 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 21.2°C, and 80 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.59.

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

The median rural rate across Uralla Shire Council is $1.38M/ha based on 154 registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

What data sources are used?

Land capability comes from the NSW Land & Soil Capability mapping. Carbon stock is derived from the ESA Climate Change Initiative Biomass product. Vegetation cover is Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2. Rural market activity is from registered NSW property sales on rural-zoned lots. Land use is the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use category, and lot identity comes from the NSW Digital Cadastral Database.

Rural lots are those in a rural (RU) zone under the local environmental plan.