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Suburb profile ·Gwydir LGA · NSW ·2390

Back Creek NSW 2390

Back Creek is in Gwydir LGA, NSW, postcode 2390, with population 20.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$350/wk
Falling
-21.3% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2390 · Jun 2026
$510
$350
Jun 2025Jun 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$350/wk
Rent context available
21.3%YoY D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,968
5K via Gwydir LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,961
73 added 12mo · 15MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,133
Median rent · wk

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilityvolatile — rents vary ±10.9% around trend (short window, 13 pts)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,133/mo, while renters pay about $1,517/mo — renting runs $384/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$117K
Median rent · wk
$350
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,133

Household income

$117K household · yr+42.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$71K
Household
$117K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
171
3,495 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,495
Total incidents171· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault6964%
  • Sexual Offences1110%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter2826%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Back Creek NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Back Creek (postcode 2390) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Gwydir local government area. The area has roughly 20 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 3.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian.

The current median weekly rent is $350. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,133.

The crime rate in the Gwydir LGA is below average at 3,495 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,133
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$350
Population growth · Gwydir LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,968
5-year growth-0.2% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Gwydir LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)16
Houses 75%Units 25%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Gwydir LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.3%
YoY change+0.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2390ATO
Negatively geared4.8%
246 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,233/yr
Landlords (rental income)607
Reported capital gains384
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population20
Median age42
Household size3.6
HH income · wk$2,250
Personal income · wk$449
Persons / bedroom0.9
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,624 → $2,250
Change+38.5%
vs NSW median+17.9 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Gwydir LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Bingara Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Warialda Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Aged care · Gwydir LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places94
Naroo Frail Aged Hostel36 places
Touriandi Limited28 places
Bingara Multi-Purpose Service15 places
Warialda Multi-Purpose Service15 places
Childcare · Gwydir LGAACECQA
Services2
Approved places67
Exceeding NQS1
Bingara Preschool41 places
Warialda Pre-school26 places
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Back Creek is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Back Creek is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Back Creek feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Gundamulda better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$250/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Upper Bingara most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Blue Nobby most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Back Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Back Creek in?

    Back Creek is in the Gwydir Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2390. Council-level context for Gwydir LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Back Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Back Creek is $350/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Back Creek?

    Rent context available: Back Creek has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Back Creek a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Back Creek show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Back Creek?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  6. How often is the Back Creek data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.