Big Hill (postcode 2579) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Upper Lachlan Shire local government area. The area has roughly 78 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $121K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. 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, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
Median house prices in Big Hill stand at $1.4 million, having jumped by 16.7% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $690. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,777.
The crime rate in the Upper Lachlan Shire LGA is low at 1,532 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 2.6% (low yield). Property prices are near the state median ($1.4M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 11.5x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +16.7% year-on-year.