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Suburb profile ·Tamworth Regional LGA · NSW ·2347

Ironbark NSW 2347

Ironbark is in Tamworth Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2347, with population 22.

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.

$340/wk
Rising
+15.3% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 12 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2347 · Jun 2026
$355
$165
Jun 2025Jun 2026
What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$340/wk
Rent context available
↑15.3%YoY D7 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
22
22 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
433
17 added 12mo · 3MW

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—
Median rent · wk$50

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
42%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress
Household income · yr
$42K
Median rent · wk
$340

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$42K household · yr-48.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$27K
Family
$59K
Household
$42K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
4,706
7,140 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k7,140
Total incidents4,706· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault1,21556%
  • Sexual Offences28513%
  • Robbery221%
  • Break And Enter66630%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

1 broad-area layer staged

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Severe broad-area context

About 98.1% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Severe exposure ~98.1%
~98.1% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~50.3% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)
Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 100%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

ABS projection · Tamworth Surrounds SA2 area · 2022 base
19,360 people · 202220,797 by 2032 (+7.4%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Tamworth Surrounds SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Ironbark NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Tamworth Regional local government area, Ironbark is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2347). With a population of 22, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $42K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, 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 English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $340.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Tamworth Regional LGA is moderate at 7,140 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth—
Rent · wk(Census)$50
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$340
Property investors · Postcode 2347ATO
Negatively geared4%
33 of filers
Avg rental loss$2,536/yr
Landlords (rental income)109
Reported capital gains70
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population22
Median age53
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$812
Personal income · wk$525
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$593 → $812
Change+36.9%
vs NSW median+16.3 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Managers5Labourers4
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture13
Top ancestryCensus
English17Australian5Scottish4Irish3
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
Hospitals · Tamworth Regional LGAAIHW
Public6
Private3
Barraba Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Manilla Hospitalpublic
Nepean Hospitalpublic
Tamworth Hospitalpublic
Tresillian Family Care Centre, Kingswoodpublic
Wentworth Psychiatric Servicespublic
+3 more in Tamworth Regional LGA
Aged care · Tamworth Regional LGAGEN
Facilities13
Residential places764
Tamworth Community Aged Care144 places
Bupa Tamworth106 places
Nazareth House Tamworth90 places
RFBI Moonbi Masonic Village - Jim Holm87 places
Heritage Kingswood77 places
RFBI Tamworth Masonic Village62 places
+7 more in Tamworth Regional LGA
Childcare · Tamworth Regional LGAACECQA
Services51
Approved places2,828
Exceeding NQS8
Bright Steps Academy Calala120 places
Poppins Bush School Pty Ltd118 places
South Year Round Care108 places
East Year Round Care105 places
Busy Bees at Tamworth102 places
Milestones Early Learning Centre90 places
+45 more in Tamworth Regional LGA
Nearby in Tamworth Regional LGA12
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Ironbark works as a starting read but 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 · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · 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 · 2 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 Ironbark 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

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

Bowling Alley Point most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$247/wk

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Longarm most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$240/wk

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

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Banoon most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$190/wk

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

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Ironbark FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Ironbark in?

    Ironbark is in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2347. Council-level context for Tamworth Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Ironbark?

    The median weekly rent in Ironbark is $340/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Ironbark?

    Rent context available: Ironbark 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. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Ironbark?

    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.

  5. How often is the Ironbark 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.