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Suburb profile ·Oberon LGA · NSW ·2795

Bald Ridge NSW 2795

Bald Ridge is in Oberon LGA, NSW, postcode 2795, with population 17.

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.

$520/wk
Rising
+4.0% YoY
Mar 2025 → May 2026 · 15 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2795 · May 2026
$550
$490
Mar 2025May 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
$520/wk
Rent context available
4.0%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
5,595
6K via Oberon LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
8,328
514 added 12mo · 62MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,600
Median rent · wk$200

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±2.4% around trend (short window, 15 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

33%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,600/mo, while renters pay about $2,253/mo — renting runs $653/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$82K
Median rent · wk
$520
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,600

Household income

$82K household · yr-0.6% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$52K
Family
$65K
Household
$82K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
96
1,713 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,713
Total incidents96· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault3463%
  • Sexual Offences1324%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter713%

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~98.9%
~98.9% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~75.3% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 97% Public / Open space 3%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

4,853 people · 20225,215 by 2032 (+7.5%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Oberon SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Bald Ridge NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Oberon local government area, Bald Ridge is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2795). It is home to about 17 residents, with a younger resident base and a median age of 25. Households earn a median income of $82K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Scottish, German.

The current median weekly rent is $520. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,600.

The crime rate in the Oberon LGA is low at 1,713 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.1% 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+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,600
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Market rent · wk(2026-05)$520
Population growth · Oberon LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)5,595
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Oberon LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)17
Houses 88%Units 12%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Oberon LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.8%
YoY change+0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2795ATO
Negatively geared4.6%
1,218 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,061/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,103
Reported capital gains1,912
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population17
Median age25
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,574
Personal income · wk$991
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Oberon LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Oberon Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Aged care · Oberon LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places80
Columbia Aged Care Services - Oberon Village66 places
Oberon Multi-Purpose Service14 places
Childcare · Oberon LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places142
Exceeding NQS0
Circle Early Learning Oberon77 places
Oberon Children's Centre45 places
ASPIRE OSHC O'Connell20 places
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Bald Ridge works as a starting read but 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 · 2026-05 · 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 Bald Ridge 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

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

Gilmandyke most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$335/wk

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

Charlton most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$370/wk

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

Paling Yards most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$260/wk

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

Bald Ridge FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bald Ridge in?

    Bald Ridge is in the Oberon Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2795. Council-level context for Oberon LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Bald Ridge?

    The median weekly rent in Bald Ridge is $520/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Bald Ridge?

    Rent context available: Bald Ridge 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 Bald Ridge a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Bald Ridge 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 Bald Ridge?

    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 Bald Ridge 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.