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Suburb profile ·Lithgow LGA · NSW ·2790

Doctors Gap NSW 2790

Doctors Gap is in Lithgow LGA, NSW, postcode 2790, with population 25.

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.

$440/wk
+10.0% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2790 · Apr 2026
$470
$400
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
$440/wk
Rent context available
10.0%YoY D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
20,693
21K via Lithgow LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,743
192 added 12mo · 19MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$4,008
Median rent · wk$210

Affordability

71%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $4,008/mo, while renters pay about $1,907/mo — owning runs $2,101/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$32K
Median rent · wk
$440
Owner mortgage · mo
$4,008

Household income

$32K household · yr-60.6% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$75K
Household
$32K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
989
4,772 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,772
Total incidents989· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault29964%
  • Sexual Offences7416%
  • Robbery31%
  • Break And Enter9019%

Full data detail

Doctors Gap NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Doctors Gap is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Lithgow local government area (postcode 2790). The area has roughly 25 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $32K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.5% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $440. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,008.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Lithgow LGA is moderate at 4,772 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.5% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.5% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$4,008
Rent · wk(Census)$210
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$440
Population growth · Lithgow LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)20,693
5-year growth-0.4% CAGR
YoY change-0.5%
20012025
Development · Lithgow LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)41
Houses37
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Lithgow LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.9%
YoY change+2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2790ATO
Negatively geared315 (4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,233/yr
Landlords (rental income)842
Reported capital gains490
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population25
Median age60
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$624
Personal income · wk$450
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Top occupationsCensus
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Doctors Gap carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

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 · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Doctors Gap 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 and hospital coverage.

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

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

Blackmans Flat better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$80/wk

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

Mount Marsden better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$190/wk

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

Glen Alice better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$255/wk

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

Doctors Gap FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Doctors Gap in?

    Doctors Gap is in the Lithgow Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2790. Council-level context for Lithgow LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Doctors Gap?

    The median weekly rent in Doctors Gap is $440/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Doctors Gap?

    Rent context available: Doctors Gap 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 Doctors Gap a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Doctors Gap show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Doctors Gap?

    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 Doctors Gap 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.