What LGA is Huntley in?

Huntley is in the Wollongong Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2530. Council-level context for Wollongong LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

What is the typical weekly rent in Huntley?

The median weekly rent in Huntley is $685/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

What does the rent signal say about Huntley?

Rent context available: Huntley 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.

Is Huntley a good investment?

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

Where does QuickProperty get its data for Huntley?

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.

How often is the Huntley 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.

Suburb profile ·Wollongong LGA · NSW ·2530

Huntley NSW 2530

Huntley is in Wollongong LGA, NSW, postcode 2530, with population 66.

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.

$685/wk

+2.2% YoY

Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods

NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2530 · Apr 2026

$720

$645

Mar 2025Apr 2026

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. 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.

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Median house

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No local house series

Median rent

$685/wk

Rent context available

↑2.2%YoY D10 vs AU

Gross yield

—

Need rent + price

Population

224,327

224K via Wollongong LGA · SAL undercount

Schools

—

No matched school data

Solar

6,926

403 added 12mo · 44MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,600

Median rent · wk$350

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data

35%

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

Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,600/mo, while renters pay about $2,968/mo — renting runs $368/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr: $101K
Median rent · wk: $685
Owner mortgage · mo: $2,600

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual

$101K household · yr+22.4% vs NSW suburb median

Personal: $54K
Family: $85K
Household: $101K

Crime January 2025 - December 2025

7,808

3,563 per 100k

D5 vs AU

Crime

lga

Rate · per 100k3,563

Total incidents7,808· January 2025 - December 2025

Assault1,62254%
Sexual Offences62521%
Robbery472%
Break And Enter72224%

Full data detail

Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets

Located in New South Wales within the Wollongong local government area, Huntley is a quiet locality (postcode 2530). The area has roughly 66 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $101K per year, with an average household size of 3.3 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 current median weekly rent is $685. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,600.

Public transport access includes 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Wollongong LGA is below average at 3,563 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$2,600

Rent · wk(Census)$350

Market rent · wk(2026-04)$685

Population growth · Wollongong LGAABS ERP

Population (2025)224,327

5-year growth+0.8% CAGR

YoY change+1%

20012025

Development · Wollongong LGAABS Approvals

Approvals (2026)1,029

Houses288

Units741

YoY change+0%

Employment · Wollongong LGASALM

Unemployment (Dec-25)6.6%

YoY change+0.2pp

Dec-10Dec-25

Property investors · Postcode 2530ATO

Negatively geared1,049 (5.1% of filers)

Avg rental loss$7,037/yr

Landlords (rental income)2,053

Reported capital gains1,230

People & prosperity

DemographicsCensus 21

Population66

Median age44

Household size3.3

HH income · wk$1,937

Personal income · wk$1,031

Persons / bedroom0.9

SEIFA indexABS

Advantage (IRSAD)10/10

Education (IEO)5/10

Economic (IER)10/10

Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10

Area & amenity

TransportGTFS

Bus stops8

Nearby in Wollongong LGA12

Kembla Heights · 88 Dombarton$745K · 130 Clifton$2.6M · 35 Spring Hill · 92 Marshall Mount$3.5M · 177 Yallah$1.3M · 122 Koonawarra$774K · 3,732 Towradgi$1.3M · 3,241 Gwynneville$1.3M · 3,139 Coniston$1.1M · 2,267 Cringila$700K · 2,156 Primbee$1.1M · 1,623

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Sources & freshness

Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Huntley 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 · 8 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 Huntley 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches and hospital coverage; 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path

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Stronger nearby reads

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

Kembla Heights most similar

similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$330/wk

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

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Dombarton better covered

similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$385/wk

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

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Clifton better covered

similar rent profile better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$205/wk

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

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Huntley FAQ

Common questions

What LGA is Huntley in?

Huntley is in the Wollongong Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2530. Council-level context for Wollongong LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
What is the typical weekly rent in Huntley?

The median weekly rent in Huntley is $685/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
What does the rent signal say about Huntley?

Rent context available: Huntley 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.
Is Huntley a good investment?

QuickProperty's investment signals for Huntley show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Huntley?

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.
How often is the Huntley 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.