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Suburb profile ·Clarence Valley LGA · NSW ·2460

Carnham NSW 2460

Carnham is in Clarence Valley LGA, NSW, postcode 2460, with population 4.

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.

$500/wk
+4.6% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2460 · Apr 2026
$535
$450
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
$500/wk
Rent context available
4.6%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
56,874
57K via Clarence Valley LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
7,510
401 added 12mo · 48MW

Price history

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

69%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress
Household income · yr
$38K
Median rent · wk
$500

Household income

$38K household · yr-54.2% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$151K
Household
$38K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
2,791
5,045 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,045
Total incidents2,791· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault65154%
  • Sexual Offences19316%
  • Robbery151%
  • Break And Enter35729%

Full data detail

Carnham NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Clarence Valley local government area, Carnham is a quiet locality (postcode 2460). It is home to about 4 residents, with an older demographic and a median age of 73. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 1.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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 current median weekly rent is $500.

The crime rate in the Clarence Valley LGA is moderate at 5,045 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.2% 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+1.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$500
Population growth · Clarence Valley LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)56,874
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Clarence Valley LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)314
Houses286
Units28
YoY change+0%
Employment · Clarence Valley LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5%
YoY change-0.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2460ATO
Negatively geared624 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,776/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,854
Reported capital gains1,025
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population4
Median age73
Household size1.7
HH income · wk$725
Personal income · wk$450
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Carnham works as a starting read but 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 · 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 · 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 Carnham 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, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, 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.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Alice most similar
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pop same

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Eighteen Mile better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$250/wk

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

Pikapene most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Carnham FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Carnham in?

    Carnham is in the Clarence Valley Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2460. Council-level context for Clarence Valley LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Carnham?

    The median weekly rent in Carnham is $500/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Carnham?

    Rent context available: Carnham 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 Carnham a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Carnham 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 Carnham?

    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 Carnham 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.