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Far West

Wentworth Shire Council

5,945 rural lots across 25 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.

5,945
Rural lots
2.36 M ha
Rural land
Limited ag use
Typical capability (class 5)
12 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

Wentworth 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 5,945 rural lots in Wentworth Shire Council.

Class 5 Limited ag use
Class 1–20%
Class 3–423%
Class 5–672%
Class 7–84%
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
265 mm
Arid
Mean max temp
24.8 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
41 / year
Hot summers
Frost days
18 / year
Light frost
Aridity index
0.13 P/PET
Arid

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.

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

Cover profile

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

Green cover32%
Forest cover6%
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
1.2
km away
A bore is close — within walking distance for most lots.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Murray-Darling Unregulated River Water Source 2024

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

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

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

Bushfire-prone 36%
Flood-prone 16%
Threatened ecological 12%
Heritage-listed 2%
No exposure
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 Wentworth Shire Council.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 2.6 km
Nearest school 8.4 km
Rail station 185.3 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 12.1 km · 220 kV
Transmission line 7.8 km · 330 kV
Transmission line a moderate distance — small-scale connection feasible.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 28.5 km
Water treatment 13.7 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

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

$2.12M
per hectare (median)
266
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Residential and farm infrastructure

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

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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

Price change · 12 mo
+10.5%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+11.9%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+97.4%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$345
+5.1% y/y
Gross rental yield
5.66%
Days on market
56 days
8 active listings

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

Rural suburbs in Wentworth Shire Council (24)

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Suburb Rural lots
Wentworth 2648 1,178
Euston 2737 889
Gol Gol 2738 877
Buronga 2739 714
Coomealla 2717 709
Pooncarie 2648 441
Curlwaa 2648 406
Dareton 2717 327
Rufus 2648 180
Anabranch South 2648 176
Pomona 2648 176
Trentham Cliffs 2738 93
Monak 2738 83
Boeill Creek 2739 81
Mourquong 2739 69
Arumpo 2715 63
Mallee 2738 54
Anabranch North 2648 52
Pan Ban 2648 48
Moorara 2648 47
Pine Camp 2648 44
Paringi 2738 39
Para 2648 24
Scotia 2648 8
Land character
Geology Delamerian Orogen Wine region Murray Darling

About Wentworth Shire Council

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

Across 5,945 rural lots in Wentworth Shire Council, the dominant land use is Residential and farm infrastructure. Typical land capability is limited ag use.

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

Rural lots in Wentworth Shire Council average 265 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 24.8°C, and 18 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.13.

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

The median rural rate across Wentworth Shire Council is $2.12M/ha based on 266 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.