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Suburb profile ·Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA · NSW ·2622

Back Creek NSW 2622

Back Creek is in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2622, with population 7.

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.

$470/wk
-1.1% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2622 · Apr 2026
$538
$420
Mar 2025Apr 2026
What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$470/wk
Rent context available
↓1.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
7
7 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Solar
1,322
109 added 12mo · 9MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,200
Median rent · wk$380

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
52%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,200/mo, while renters pay about $2,037/mo — renting runs $837/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$47K
Median rent · wk
$470
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,200

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$47K household · yr-43.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$65K
Household
$47K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
1,750
2,677 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k2,677
Total incidents1,750· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault41660%
  • Sexual Offences12418%
  • Robbery30%
  • Break And Enter15322%

Full data detail

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

Located in New South Wales within the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area, Back Creek is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2622). The area has roughly 7 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $47K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.

The current median weekly rent is $470. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.

The crime rate in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA is below average at 2,677 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,200
Rent · wk(Census)$380
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$470
Property investors · Postcode 2622ATO
Negatively geared121 (4.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,638/yr
Landlords (rental income)411
Reported capital gains234
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population7
Median age60
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$900
Personal income · wk$450
Persons / bedroom0.7
Nearby in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA12
Marlowe · 8Karabar$819K · 8,517Queanbeyan West$895K · 3,146Braidwood$730K · 1,720Queanbeyan$877K · 6,409Carwoola$1.8M · 1,602Bywong$1.5M · 1,342Crestwood$840K · 4,936Queanbeyan East$875K · 4,240Jerrabomberra$1.3M · 9,601Lake George$1.3M · 118Majors Creek$640K · 290
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Back Creek is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

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 · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · 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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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, transport stops, and population trend data.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path
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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.

Marlowe most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$155/wk

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

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Karabar better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +8500 · adds house price coverage · rent -$120/wk

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

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Queanbeyan West better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +3100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$120/wk

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

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Back Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Back Creek in?

    Back Creek is in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2622. Council-level context for Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional 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 $470/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. 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.

  5. 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.