Located in New South Wales within the Walgett local government area, Carinda is a quiet locality (postcode 2831). The area has roughly 165 residents and a blend of families and working-age professionals, with a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.5% 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, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Carinda has a median house price of $65,000, holding roughly steady year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $300. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 24.2%.
Carinda is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1017, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Walgett LGA is higher than average at 13,116 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 24.2% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($65K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 0.9x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of -1.5% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.