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Suburb profile ·Coffs Harbour LGA · NSW ·2454

Bundagen NSW 2454

Bundagen is in Coffs Harbour LGA, NSW, postcode 2454, with population 96.

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.

$590/wk
-7.8% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2454 · Apr 2026
$680
$494
Mar 2025Apr 2026
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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$590/wk
Rent context available
7.8%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
82,109
82K via Coffs Harbour LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,246
112 added 12mo · 13MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,000
Median rent · wk

Affordability

81%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,000/mo, while renters pay about $2,557/mo — renting runs $1,557/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$38K
Median rent · wk
$590
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,000

Household income

$38K household · yr-54.2% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$24K
Family
$56K
Household
$38K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
4,055
5,038 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,038
Total incidents4,055· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault1,10256%
  • Sexual Offences33017%
  • Robbery342%
  • Break And Enter49125%

Full data detail

Bundagen NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Bundagen (postcode 2454) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Coffs Harbour local government area. It is home to about 96 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 community & personal service, professionals, sales. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $590. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,000.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Coffs Harbour LGA is moderate at 5,038 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,000
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$590
Population growth · Coffs Harbour LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)82,109
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Coffs Harbour LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)230
Houses150
Units80
YoY change+0%
Employment · Coffs Harbour LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.8%
YoY change-0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2454ATO
Negatively geared183 (4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,925/yr
Landlords (rental income)719
Reported capital gains398
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population96
Median age52
Household size2
HH income · wk$725
Personal income · wk$459
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Bundagen for a first-pass 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 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 · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 Bundagen 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 and hospital coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches and hospital coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Dirty Creek better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$205/wk

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

Upper Corindi better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$190/wk

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

Ulong better covered
better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$315/wk

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

Bundagen FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bundagen in?

    Bundagen is in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2454. Council-level context for Coffs Harbour LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Bundagen?

    The median weekly rent in Bundagen is $590/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Bundagen?

    Rent context available: Bundagen 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. Is Bundagen a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Bundagen show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Bundagen?

    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.

  6. How often is the Bundagen 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.