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Suburb profile ·Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA · NSW ·2620

Burra NSW 2620

Burra is in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2620, with population 790.

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.

$550/wk
-3.5% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2620 · Apr 2026
$620
$538
Mar 2025Apr 2026
What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$550/wk
Rent context available
↓3.5%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
790
790 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Solar
8,297
776 added 12mo · 71MW

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$2,500
Median rent · wk$380

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
19%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,500/mo, while renters pay about $2,383/mo — owning runs $117/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$150K
Median rent · wk
$550
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,500

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$150K household · yr+82.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$68K
Family
$165K
Household
$150K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
1,750
2,677 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k2,677
Total incidents1,750· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault41660%
  • Sexual Offences12418%
  • Robbery30%
  • Break And Enter15322%

Full data detail

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

Located in New South Wales within the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area, Burra is a close-knit residential community (postcode 2620). With a population of 790, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $150K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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 current median weekly rent is $550. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,500.

The crime rate in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA is below average at 2,677 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,500
Rent · wk(Census)$380
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$550
Property investors · Postcode 2620ATO
Negatively geared2,267 (7.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,465/yr
Landlords (rental income)4,384
Reported capital gains2,517
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population790
Median age46
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$2,892
Personal income · wk$1,299
Persons / bedroom0.7
Nearby in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA12
Greenleigh$1.1M · 676Royalla$1.6M · 1,063Captains Flat$500K · 611Bywong$1.5M · 1,342Carwoola$1.8M · 1,602Braidwood$730K · 1,720Wamboin$1.7M · 1,805Majors Creek$640K · 290Karabar$819K · 8,517Queanbeyan West$895K · 3,146Mount Fairy$1.1M · 244Queanbeyan$877K · 6,409
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Burra is 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 Burra 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and population trend data.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

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

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

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$85/wk

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

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

pop +300 · adds house price coverage · rent -$20/wk

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

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Captains Flat better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$250/wk

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

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Burra FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Burra in?

    Burra is in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2620. Council-level context for Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Burra?

    The median weekly rent in Burra is $550/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Burra?

    Rent context available: Burra 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 Burra?

    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 Burra 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.