Carrick (postcode 2580) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Goulburn Mulwaree local government area. It is home to about 164 residents, with a predominantly older resident base and a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $109K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.3% 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 construction and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Carrick has a median house price of $1.3 million, which has surged by 18.2% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $515. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,600.
Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Goulburn Mulwaree LGA is below average at 3,666 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 2.1% (low yield). Property prices are near the state median ($1.3M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 11.9x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +18.2% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.