180 rural lots across 118,751 ha in Wentworth Shire Council. Dominant: Grazing native vegetation.
Distribution of land-capability classes across the 180 rural lots in this suburb. Class 1 is prime cropping land; class 8 is conservation only.
Long-term climate averages across the rural lots in this suburb.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
Largely cleared — typical of cropping and improved pasture.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across the 180 rural lots.
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.
Share of rural lots intersecting each hazard or planning constraint. Sorted highest first; zero-exposure items collapsed at the bottom.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations.
Registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.
No registered rural property sales in this suburb in the last 5 years — typical of low-volume rural markets. Use the AgDSS app's comparable-property tool for nearby benchmarking.
From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.
The land-use category covering the largest share of rural lots in Rufus. Per-lot land use, water access and grant eligibility live in the AgDSS app.
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.
Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.
Other rural suburbs in the same council.
Postcode 264xx neighbourhood — different councils, same rural region.
Rufus 2648 contains 180 rural lots covering 118,751 ha. Typical land capability is limited ag use (class 5). Dominant land use: Grazing native vegetation.
Mean above-ground biomass carbon density across rural lots in Rufus 2648 is 14 tCO₂e/ha, with an estimated 1.22 M tCO₂e across the suburb. Site-specific carbon stock for a particular property is available in the AgDSS app.
No registered rural property sales in Rufus 2648 in the last 5 years.
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.
Authoritative government and scientific datasets.
Data updated 2026-07-22. Rural lots are those in a rural (RU) zone under the local environmental plan. Site-specific intelligence per property is available in the AgDSS app.