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Suburb profile ·Wentworth LGA · NSW ·2648

Ellerslie NSW 2648

Ellerslie is in Wentworth LGA, NSW, postcode 2648, with population 56.

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.

$180/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2648 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$450
$180
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
$180/wk
Rent context available
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7,982
8K via Wentworth LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
666
25 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$100

Affordability

9%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$104K
Median rent · wk
$180

Household income

$104K household · yr+26.3% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$123K
Household
$104K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA967
Students20
Government1
  • Palinyewah Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 967
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
454
5,905 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,905
Total incidents454· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault13663%
  • Sexual Offences2311%
  • Robbery21%
  • Break And Enter5626%

Full data detail

Ellerslie NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Ellerslie is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Wentworth local government area (postcode 2648). It is home to about 56 residents, with an established family demographic and a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $104K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 most common occupations are managers, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $180.

Ellerslie is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 967, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Wentworth LGA is moderate at 5,905 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$180
Population growth · Wentworth LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)7,982
5-year growth+1.6% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Wentworth LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)111
Houses111
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wentworth LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.9%
YoY change+0.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2648ATO
Negatively geared59 (4.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,862/yr
Landlords (rental income)131
Reported capital gains126
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population56
Median age42
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,999
Personal income · wk$687
Persons / bedroom0.8
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Ellerslie has 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
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 Ellerslie 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on hospital coverage and transport stops; 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Monak most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$70/wk

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

Mourquong better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$8/wk

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

Trentham Cliffs better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$5/wk

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

Ellerslie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Ellerslie in?

    Ellerslie is in the Wentworth Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2648. Council-level context for Wentworth LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Ellerslie?

    The median weekly rent in Ellerslie is $180/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Ellerslie?

    Rent context available: Ellerslie 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 Ellerslie a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Ellerslie?

    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 Ellerslie 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.