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Suburb profile ·Upper Lachlan Shire LGA · NSW ·2580

Golspie NSW 2580

Golspie is in Upper Lachlan Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2580, with population 81.

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.

$520/wk
+6.1% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2580 · Apr 2026
$520
$465
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Recent price movement shows visible market momentum.

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
$615K
House median, latest period
92.2%YoY D3 vs AU
Median rent
$520/wk
Rent-led investor candidate
6.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
4.4%
Moderate yield band
D10 vs AU
Population
81
81 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
5,531
337 added 12mo · 39MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$187/wk (-$9,732/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

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

Affordability

Buying
7.6x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Moderate
Renting
33%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,994/mo, while renters pay about $2,253/mo — renting runs $259/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$615K
Household income · yr
$81K
Median rent · wk
$520
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,994
Gross yield
4.4%

Household income

$81K household · yr-1.3% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$97K
Household
$81K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
141
1,619 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,619
Total incidents141· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault3956%
  • Sexual Offences1623%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter1521%

Full data detail

Golspie NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Golspie (postcode 2580) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Upper Lachlan Shire local government area. With a population of 81, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $81K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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, community & personal service, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and professional services. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median house price in Golspie is $615,000, having risen steeply by 92.2% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $520. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,994.

Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Upper Lachlan Shire LGA is low at 1,619 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Golspie shows a gross rental yield of approximately 4.4%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($615K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 7.6x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +92.2% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield4.4%· Moderate Yield
Price vs State$615K/$1.5M Below Median
Affordability7.6x· Moderate
Price Momentum+92.2% Rising
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,994
Rent · wk(Census)$365
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$520
Gross yield3.1%
Price / income7.6x
Property investors · Postcode 2580ATO
Negatively geared831 (4.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,670/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,974
Reported capital gains1,154
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population81
Median age51
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,562
Personal income · wk$752
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops4
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Golspie 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 · 2025 · 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 · 4 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 Golspie 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals, 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 Golspie feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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

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

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

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

Golspie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Golspie in?

    Golspie is in the Upper Lachlan Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2580. Council-level context for Upper Lachlan Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Golspie?

    The current median house price in Golspie, NSW is $615K, 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 Golspie?

    The median weekly rent in Golspie is $520/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-led investor candidate.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Golspie?

    Rent-led investor candidate: Gross rent yield screens at about 4.4%. 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 Golspie a good investment?

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

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Golspie?

    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 Golspie 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.