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Suburb profile ·Dubbo Regional LGA · NSW ·2818

Benolong NSW 2818

Benolong is in Dubbo Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2818, with population 76.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

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Median house
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No local house series
Median rent
$240/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
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Need rent + price
Population
76
76 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
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No matched school data
Solar
177
10 added 12mo · 1MW

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$1,950
Median rent · wk$240

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,950/mo, while renters pay about $1,040/mo — owning runs $910/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$96K
Median rent · wk
$240
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,950

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$96K household · yr+16.4% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$46K
Family
$93K
Household
$96K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
3,942
6,970 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k6,970
Total incidents3,942· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault1,11861%
  • Sexual Offences29216%
  • Robbery271%
  • Break And Enter39221%

Full data detail

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

Located in New South Wales within the Dubbo Regional local government area, Benolong is a quiet locality (postcode 2818). The area has roughly 76 residents and a mix of young professionals and families, with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $96K per year, with an average household size of 3.4 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 most common occupations are managers, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $240 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.

Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Dubbo Regional LGA is moderate at 6,970 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,950
Rent · wk(Census)$240
Property investors · Postcode 2818ATO
Negatively geared18 (3.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,757/yr
Landlords (rental income)55
Reported capital gains30
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population76
Median age32
Household size3.4
HH income · wk$1,843
Personal income · wk$891
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top occupationsCensus
Managers18Professionals7Clerical & Administrative7Machinery Operators & Drivers5Technicians & Trades3
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture12Education8Construction3Wholesale Trade3Professional Services3
Top ancestryCensus
Australian39English24Scottish7Irish4Aboriginal Australian3
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops4
Nearby in Dubbo Regional LGA12
Dripstone$373K · 68Suntop$625K · 61Mount Arthur$675K · 109Bodangora · 74North Yeoval$263K · 95Wambangalang · 68Mogriguy$400K · 122Rawsonville · 66Bournewood · 60Elong Elong$483K · 142Neurea$494K · 129Toongi · 62
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Benolong rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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 falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
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 · 4 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Benolong 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, population trend data, and building approvals.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals; 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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

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Benolong FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Benolong in?

    Benolong is in the Dubbo Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2818. Council-level context for Dubbo Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Benolong?

    The median weekly rent in Benolong is $240/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Benolong?

    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.

  4. How often is the Benolong 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.