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Walcha 2354

3,998 rural lots across 265,796 ha in Walcha Council. Dominant: Grazing modified pastures.

3,998
Rural lots
265,796 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (class 4)
63 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Where is Walcha?

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Capability

Land & soil capability mix

Distribution of land-capability classes across the 3,998 rural lots in this suburb. Class 1 is prime cropping land; class 8 is conservation only.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–458%
Class 5–639%
Class 7–83%
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 the rural lots in this suburb.

Annual rainfall
821 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
18.8 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
0 / year
Cool summers
Frost days
76 / year
Frost-prone
Aridity index
0.76 P/PET
Humid

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

Carbon

Carbon opportunity

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

63 tCO₂e
tCO₂e per hectare
16.42 M tCO₂e
total estimated

Moderate woody-vegetation cover — typical of remnant-vegetation paddocks.

Satellite above-ground biomass, summarised per lot. Site-specific carbon pre-feasibility per property is available in the AgDSS app.
Vegetation

Cover profile

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

Green cover54%
Forest cover13%
Mean across all rural lots in this suburb. Per-lot vegetation and biodiversity-incentive eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
Water

Surface water rights and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across the 3,998 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
2.0
km away
A bore is within easy driving — typical of farming country.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Macleay Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2016

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots intersecting each hazard or planning constraint. Sorted highest first; zero-exposure items collapsed at the bottom.

Bushfire-prone 100%
Threatened ecological 25%
TEC mapping — clearing constraints apply.
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Heritage-listed · 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.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 6.5 km
Nearest school 14.6 km
Rail station 31.2 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 19.1 km · 330 kV
Transmission line 18.4 km · 330 kV
Transmission line is far — energy export would need on-site storage or a feeder upgrade.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 20.4 km
Water treatment 15.5 km
Rural market
Medium confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

$37k
per hectare (median)
4
sales (last 5 yrs)
The median of sale price ÷ lot hectares across registered rural-zoned sales. Source: NSW Valuer-General.
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Grazing modified pastures

The land-use category covering the largest share of rural lots in Walcha. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.

Market trends

Suburb-wide pulse

12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader suburb (rural and residential); the rural-only rate above is the rural benchmark.

Price change · 12 mo
-35.7%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
-45.2%
Sales volume · 12 mo
-26.7%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$291
-5.8% y/y
Gross rental yield
3.64%
Days on market
57 days
11 active listings

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

Land character
Geology New England Orogen Wine region New England Australia

About Walcha 2354

What does the rural land in Walcha 2354 look like?

Walcha 2354 contains 3,998 rural lots covering 265,796 ha. Typical land capability is good grazing (class 4). Dominant land use: Grazing modified pastures.

What carbon opportunity is in Walcha's rural land?

Mean above-ground biomass carbon density across rural lots in Walcha 2354 is 63 tCO₂e/ha, with an estimated 16.42 M tCO₂e across the suburb. Site-specific carbon stock for a particular property is available in the AgDSS app.

What's the rural land market like in Walcha?

The median rural rate in Walcha is $37k/ha based on 4 registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.

Where does this data come from?

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.