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Suburb profile ·Murrumbidgee LGA · NSW ·2716

Gala Vale NSW 2716

Gala Vale is in Murrumbidgee LGA, NSW, postcode 2716, with population 13.

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.

$500/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 11 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2716 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$625
$180
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

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. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$500/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
3,695
4K via Murrumbidgee LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
357
21 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$300
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

21%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $300/mo, while renters pay about $2,167/mo — renting runs $1,867/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$123K
Median rent · wk
$500
Owner mortgage · mo
$300

Household income

$123K household · yr+50% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$59K
Family
$149K
Household
$123K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
134
3,715 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,715
Total incidents134· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault3550%
  • Sexual Offences1319%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter2231%

Full data detail

Gala Vale NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Murrumbidgee local government area, Gala Vale is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2716). It is home to about 13 residents, with a mix of young professionals and families and a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $123K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, labourers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Scottish, English.

The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $300.

The crime rate in the Murrumbidgee LGA is below average at 3,715 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$300
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$500
Population growth · Murrumbidgee LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)3,695
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Murrumbidgee LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)9
Houses5
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Murrumbidgee LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.7%
YoY change+0.6pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2716ATO
Negatively geared34 (5.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,672/yr
Landlords (rental income)78
Reported capital gains52
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population13
Median age37
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$2,374
Personal income · wk$1,125
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Gala Vale is usable, but 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 · 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 · 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 Gala Vale 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, and transport stops.

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

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Gala Vale feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Darlington Point better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +1000 · adds house price coverage · rent -$300/wk

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

Coleambally better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +1100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$320/wk

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

Argoon most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Gala Vale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Gala Vale in?

    Gala Vale is in the Murrumbidgee Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2716. Council-level context for Murrumbidgee LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Gala Vale?

    The median weekly rent in Gala Vale is $500/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Gala Vale?

    Rent context available: Gala Vale 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 Gala Vale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Gala Vale 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 Gala Vale?

    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 Gala Vale 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.