Booerie Creek is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Lismore local government area (postcode 2480). The area has roughly 130 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $76K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.2% 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, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Median house prices in Booerie Creek stand at $825,000, having jumped by 79.7% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $535. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,478.
Public transport access includes 6 bus stops. The crime rate in the Lismore LGA is moderate at 5,173 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.4% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($825K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 10.9x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +79.7% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.