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Suburb profile ·Greater Hume Shire LGA · NSW ·2650

Cookardinia NSW 2650

Cookardinia is in Greater Hume Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2650, with population 81.

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.

$540/wk
+10.2% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2650 · Apr 2026
$560
$450
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.

Median house
$1.8M
House median, latest period
93.2%YoY D9 vs AU
Median rent
$540/wk
Rent context available
10.2%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
1.6%
Low yield band
D3 vs AU
Population
81
81 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
10,979
665 added 12mo · 76MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$1,280/wk (-$66,570/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.

Affordability

Buying
20.6x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
32%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,150/mo, while renters pay about $2,340/mo — renting runs $1,190/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$1.80M
Household income · yr
$87K
Median rent · wk
$540
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,150
Gross yield
1.6%

Household income

$87K household · yr+5.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$117K
Household
$87K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
263
2,298 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,298
Total incidents263· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault7151%
  • Sexual Offences3324%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter3525%

Full data detail

Cookardinia NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Greater Hume Shire local government area, Cookardinia is a quiet locality (postcode 2650). The area has roughly 81 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $87K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 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 most common occupations are managers, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

Median house prices in Cookardinia stand at $1.8 million, having jumped by 93.2% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $540. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,150.

Public transport access includes 3 bus stops. The crime rate in the Greater Hume Shire LGA is below average at 2,298 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.6%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.8M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 20.6x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +93.2% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield1.6% Low Yield
Price vs State$1.8M/$1.5M· Near Median
Affordability20.6x Stretched
Price Momentum+93.2% Rising
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,150
Rent · wk(Census)$185
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$540
Gross yield0.5%
Price / income20.6x
Property investors · Postcode 2650ATO
Negatively geared1,944 (5.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,528/yr
Landlords (rental income)4,736
Reported capital gains3,018
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population81
Median age44
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,674
Personal income · wk$860
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops3
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Cookardinia is usable as a read, though 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 · 2017 · 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 · 2026-04 · 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 · 3 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Cookardinia 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, population trend data, and building approvals.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, 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

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

Lankeys Creek most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$1045.7K · rent -$378/wk

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

Mullengandra most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$1146.7K · rent -$365/wk

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

Woomargama most similar
similar rent profile

pop +100 · house -$1020.7K · rent -$290/wk

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

Cookardinia FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cookardinia in?

    Cookardinia is in the Greater Hume Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2650. Council-level context for Greater Hume Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Cookardinia?

    The current median house price in Cookardinia, NSW is $1.8M, 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 Cookardinia?

    The median weekly rent in Cookardinia is $540/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Cookardinia?

    Rent context available: Cookardinia 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.

  5. Is Cookardinia a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Cookardinia show: Low Yield, Near Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Cookardinia?

    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 Cookardinia 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.