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Suburb profile ·Tamworth Regional LGA · NSW ·2346

Borah Creek NSW 2346

Borah Creek is in Tamworth Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2346, with population 22.

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.

$420/wk
+13.5% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2346 · Apr 2026
$480
$300
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

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
—
No local house series
Median rent
$420/wk
Rent context available
↑13.5%YoY D9 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
22
22 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Solar
690
27 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—
Median rent · wk—

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
80%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress
Household income · yr
$27K
Median rent · wk
$420

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$27K household · yr-66.9% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$27K
Family
$30K
Household
$27K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
4,496
6,891 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k6,891
Total incidents4,496· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault1,23259%
  • Sexual Offences27013%
  • Robbery221%
  • Break And Enter56627%

Full data detail

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

Borah Creek is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Tamworth Regional local government area (postcode 2346). The area has roughly 22 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $27K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 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. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Dutch, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $420.

The crime rate in the Tamworth Regional LGA is moderate at 6,891 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth—
Rent · wk(Census)—
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$420
Property investors · Postcode 2346ATO
Negatively geared52 (3.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$12,493/yr
Landlords (rental income)178
Reported capital gains87
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population22
Median age46
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$524
Personal income · wk$524
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top occupationsCensus
Managers6
Top industriesCensus
Professional Services6Healthcare4Agriculture3
Top ancestryCensus
English10Dutch6Scottish4German4Australian3
Nearby in Tamworth Regional LGA12
Ironbark · 22Longarm · 23Bowling Alley Point · 21Banoon · 19Red Hill · 30Goonoo Goonoo$775K · 42Wimborne · 16Mayvale · 19Thirldene · 34Crawney$910K · 48Appleby · 35Lindesay · 38
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Borah Creek as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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 · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
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 Borah 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, transport stops, and population trend data.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, 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

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.

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Stronger nearby reads

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

Ironbark better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$370/wk

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Longarm better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$320/wk

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Bowling Alley Point better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$327/wk

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

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Borah Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Borah Creek in?

    Borah Creek is in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2346. Council-level context for Tamworth Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

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

    The median weekly rent in Borah Creek is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

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

    Rent context available: Borah Creek has usable rent context. 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 Borah 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 Borah 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.