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Suburb profile ·Upper Lachlan Shire LGA · NSW ·2581

Blakney Creek NSW 2581

Blakney Creek is in Upper Lachlan Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2581, with population 92.

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.

$750/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 9 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2581 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$785
$470
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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.

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Median house
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No local house series
Median rent
$750/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
92
92 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Solar
631
38 added 12mo · 5MW

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$2,044
Median rent · wk$350

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
32%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,044/mo, while renters pay about $3,250/mo — renting runs $1,206/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$123K
Median rent · wk
$750
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,044

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$123K household · yr+50% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$57K
Family
$147K
Household
$123K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
141
1,619 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k1,619
Total incidents141· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault3956%
  • Sexual Offences1623%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter1521%

Full data detail

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

Located in New South Wales within the Upper Lachlan Shire local government area, Blakney Creek is a quiet locality (postcode 2581). It is home to about 92 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $123K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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, clerical & administrative, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $750. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,044.

Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Upper Lachlan Shire LGA is low at 1,619 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,044
Rent · wk(Census)$350
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$750
Property investors · Postcode 2581ATO
Negatively geared89 (5.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,458/yr
Landlords (rental income)246
Reported capital gains114
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population92
Median age39
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$2,374
Personal income · wk$1,089
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Top occupationsCensus
Managers17Clerical & Administrative9Technicians & Trades7Professionals5Community & Personal Service3
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture13Education9Accommodation & Food5Construction4Professional Services4
Top ancestryCensus
English44Australian23Irish19Scottish8German5
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops10
Nearby in Upper Lachlan Shire LGA12
Roslyn$438K · 95Jerrawa$345K · 106Golspie$615K · 81Breadalbane$1.0M · 107Lost River$1.5M · 94Biala$905K · 84Pejar$640K · 67Big Hill$290K · 78Chatsbury$465K · 86Tuena$370K · 81Lade Vale$900K · 158Myrtleville · 100
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Blakney Creek is usable, but it 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 · 2026-04 · 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 · 10 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 Blakney 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, 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

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

Roslyn better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$420/wk

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

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Jerrawa better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$400/wk

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

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Golspie better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$385/wk

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

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Blakney Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Blakney Creek in?

    Blakney Creek is in the Upper Lachlan Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2581. Council-level context for Upper Lachlan Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Blakney Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Blakney Creek is $750/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Blakney Creek?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Blakney Creek rents screen above the local benchmark. 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 Blakney 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 Blakney 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.