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Suburb profile ·Tamworth Regional LGA · NSW ·2338

Crawney NSW 2338

Crawney is in Tamworth Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2338, with population 48.

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.

$425/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2338 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$550
$250
Mar 2025Apr 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
$910K
House median, latest period
0.0%YoY D6 vs AU
Median rent
$425/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
2.4%
Low yield band
D7 vs AU
Population
48
48 local footprint
D3 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
380
15 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$535/wk (-$27,833/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

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

Affordability

Buying
23.0x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
56%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $717/mo, while renters pay about $1,842/mo — renting runs $1,125/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$910K
Household income · yr
$40K
Median rent · wk
$425
Owner mortgage · mo
$717
Gross yield
2.4%

Household income

$40K household · yr-51.9% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$19K
Family
$41K
Household
$40K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
4,496
6,891 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,891
Total incidents4,496· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault1,23259%
  • Sexual Offences27013%
  • Robbery221%
  • Break And Enter56627%

Full data detail

Crawney NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Tamworth Regional local government area, Crawney is a quiet locality (postcode 2338). It is home to about 48 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $40K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English.

Crawney has a median house price of $910,000, holding roughly steady year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $425. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $717.

Public transport access includes 3 bus stops. The crime rate in the Tamworth Regional LGA is moderate at 6,891 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 2.4%, which reads as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($910K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 23.0x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield2.4% Low Yield
Price vs State$910K/$1.5M Below Median
Affordability23.0x Stretched
Price Momentum+0.0%· Stable
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$717
Rent · wk(Census)$375
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$425
Gross yield2.1%
Price / income23.0x
Property investors · Postcode 2338ATO
Negatively geared19 (2.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,653/yr
Landlords (rental income)76
Reported capital gains53
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population48
Median age47
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$762
Personal income · wk$358
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops3
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Crawney 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 · 2015 · 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 Crawney 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Goonoo Goonoo most similar
similar price band similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$135K · rent -$125/wk

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

Timbumburi most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +100 · house +$19K · rent +$88/wk

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

Tintinhull most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +400 · house +$2K · rent -$95/wk

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

Crawney FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Crawney in?

    Crawney is in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2338. Council-level context for Tamworth Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Crawney?

    The current median house price in Crawney, NSW is $910K, 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 Crawney?

    The median weekly rent in Crawney is $425/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Crawney?

    Rent context available: Crawney 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 Crawney a good investment?

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

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Crawney?

    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 Crawney 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.