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Coolgardie is in Ballina LGA, NSW, postcode 2478, with population 132.
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The local employment base leans toward healthcare and public admin & safety. Local earnings momentum is not available from the linked ATO series. NSW employment is up +0.3% year-on-year (+14K jobs) and +11.3% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.
NSW has 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2024-10-02. This suburb also matches 4 local transport stops or stations, which adds nearby access context but does not prove direct project exposure. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.
Coolgardie is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Ballina local government area (postcode 2478). With a population of 132, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 professionals, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
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The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks.
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This page stays indexable because Coolgardie 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.
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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.
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Coolgardie is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Ballina local government area (postcode 2478). With a population of 132, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 professionals, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median house price in Coolgardie is $1.6 million, having dropped significantly 42.1% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $760. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,318.
Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Ballina LGA is moderate at 4,120 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Coolgardie offers a gross rental yield of 2.4%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.6M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 14.1x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -42.1% year-on-year.
Coolgardie is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Ballina local government area (postcode 2478). With a population of 132, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 professionals, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median house price in Coolgardie is $1.6 million, having dropped significantly 42.1% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $760. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,318.
Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Ballina LGA is moderate at 4,120 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Coolgardie offers a gross rental yield of 2.4%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.6M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 14.1x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -42.1% year-on-year.