Located in New South Wales within the Gilgandra local government area, Balladoran is a quiet locality (postcode 2822). It is home to about 140 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The median house price in Balladoran is $590,000, having jumped by 18% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,100.
Public transport access includes 2 rail stations, 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Gilgandra LGA is moderate at 5,877 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 1.3% (low yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($590K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 8.4x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +18.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.