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Suburb profile ·Mid-Western Regional LGA · NSW ·2849

Bylong NSW 2849

Bylong is in Mid-Western Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2849, with population 19.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$450/wk
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 10 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2849 · Jun 2026 · sparse signal
$820
$400
Jun 2025Jun 2026
Why it fits

Gross yield screens at about 5.9%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen.

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
$395K
House median, latest period
4.8%YoY D2 vs AU
Median rent
$450/wk
Rent-led investor candidate
≈D10 vs AU
Gross yield
5.9%
Strong yield band
D10 vs AU
Population
19
19 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
471
36 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$51/wk (-$2,674/yr) · interest-only @ 6.4%, 80% LVR
Value vs advantage-60% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 6)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Mortgage affordability

21%
of household income to service a new loan
4.8 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Comfortable
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRoughly even

New-loan repayment $1,935/mo vs median rent $1,950/mo (-1% · -$3/wk)

If rates move

At 4.2%: $1,545/mo (-390) · at 6.2% (current): $1,935/mo · at 8.2%: $2,363/mo (+428)

Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.

Stronger alternatives nearby

More affordable

lower price-to-income

Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.

Affordability

Buying
3.6x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Affordable
Renting
21%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,800/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — renting runs $150/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$395K
Household income · yr
$111K
Median rent · wk
$450
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,800
Gross yield
5.9%

Household income

$111K household · yr+34.2% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$47K
Family
$111K
Household
$111K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
890
3,395 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,395
Total incidents890· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault26957%
  • Sexual Offences11925%
  • Robbery31%
  • Break And Enter7917%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Severe broad-area context

About 98.6% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

Check the property

ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~98.6%
~98.6% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~46.5% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 71% Public / Open space 29%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

3,366 people · 20223,331 by 2032 (-1.0%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Mudgee Surrounds - East SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Bylong NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Bylong (postcode 2849) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Mid-Western Regional local government area. The area has roughly 19 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $111K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, English.

Median house prices in Bylong stand at $395,000, having fallen by 4.8% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $450. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.9%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,800.

The crime rate in the Mid-Western Regional LGA is below average at 3,395 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 5.9%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($395K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 3.6x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -4.8% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield5.9% High Yield
Price vs State$395K/$1.5M Below Median
Affordability3.6x Affordable
Price Momentum-4.8% Falling
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,800
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$450
Price / income3.6x
Property investors · Postcode 2849ATO
Negatively geared7%
59 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,521/yr
Landlords (rental income)121
Reported capital gains68
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population19
Median age57
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$2,125
Personal income · wk$900
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,562 → $2,125
Change+36%
vs NSW median+15.4 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Mid-Western Regional LGAAIHW
Public3
Private0
Gulgong Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Mudgee Health Servicepublic
Rylstone Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Aged care · Mid-Western Regional LGAGEN
Facilities7
Residential places293
Kanandah Hostel96 places
Whiddon Mudgee Pioneer81 places
Mudgee Grove Care Community42 places
Wenonah Lodge25 places
Rylstone Multi-Purpose Service24 places
Ada Cottage19 places
+1 more in Mid-Western Regional LGA
Childcare · Mid-Western Regional LGAACECQA
Services17
Approved places974
Exceeding NQS2
Mudgee Little Learners155 places
Kiddie Academy Mudgee152 places
Squeakers Childcare Centre69 places
Milestones Early Learning Mudgee63 places
Mudgee Community Preschool Incorporated60 places
PCYC - Out of School Hours Cudgegong60 places
+11 more in Mid-Western Regional LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Bylong 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 · 2011 · 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
Available
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · 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 Bylong 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.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Avisford better covered
similar price band better market coverage

pop same · house -$65K · rent -$70/wk

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

Kandos better covered
similar price band better market coverage

pop +1200 · house +$5K · rent -$230/wk

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

Collingwood better covered
similar price band better market coverage

pop same · house +$95K · rent -$50/wk

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

Bylong FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bylong in?

    Bylong is in the Mid-Western Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2849. Council-level context for Mid-Western Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Bylong?

    The current median house price in Bylong, NSW is $395K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Bylong?

    The median weekly rent in Bylong is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-led investor candidate.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Bylong?

    Rent-led investor candidate: Gross rent yield screens at about 5.9%. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  5. Is Bylong a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Bylong show: High Yield, Below Median, Affordable. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Bylong?

    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.

  7. How often is the Bylong 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.