Jerrabomberra is in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2619, with population 9,601.
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Houses to Q2'26 · Units to Q4'25 — house and unit medians are released on separate cycles, so their latest period can differ.
10.4% below peak · 152.7% above its low
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80% of homes here are owner-occupied and 19% rented, with 12% of landlords negatively geared.
80% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
New-loan repayment $5,463/mo vs median rent $3,532/mo (+55% · +$446/wk)
At 4.2%: $4,362/mo (-1,101) · at 6.2% (current): $5,463/mo · at 8.2%: $6,670/mo (+1,207)
Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.
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This suburb 6.3x · NSW median 11.7x — more affordable than the NSW typical
Nationally · more affordable to buy than 85% of AU suburbs
This suburb 24% · NSW median 21%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 22% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,405/mo, while renters pay about $3,532/mo — renting runs $1,127/mo higher on these medians.
Serviceability line: a household needs about $4,202/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).
At the median asking rent, about 37% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $2,717/wk income).
Getting to work: 84% drive, 0% public transport, 1% walk or cycle, 12% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Top 22% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
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Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.
Development screen
Permitted in residential zones under the Housing SEPP; may be approved by consent or as complying development when Housing SEPP and Codes SEPP standards are met.
Rental use: Secondary dwelling rental use is allowed as a dwelling use, subject to planning and tenancy rules.
Open official policy sourceSuburb share of occupied private dwellings recorded as separate houses.
5.9 pp above the state median
State median 77.5% · 1,253 valid suburbs
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9.1 pp below the state median
State median 42.3% · 1,245 valid suburbs
Demand context only; it does not establish permission to rent a secondary dwelling.
7.0 pp below the state median
State median 25.9% · 1,253 valid suburbs
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Confirm occupation, rental, short-stay and family-use rules plus insurance and tax implications.
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Building due diligence
The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.
About 70.2% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.
May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks
Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.
May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation
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
Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.
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NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions
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.
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.
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Queanbeyan West - Jerrabomberra SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Jerrabomberra is a mid-sized suburb in New South Wales within the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area (postcode 2619). It is home to about 9,601 residents, with an established family demographic and a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $177K per year, with an average household size of 3 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 professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Jerrabomberra is $1.1 million, having fallen by 7.1% over the past year. Units have a median price of $793,000 (+12.3% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $815. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,405.
Jerrabomberra is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 1088, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 55 bus stops. The crime rate in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA is below average at 2,419 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.8% (moderate yield). Property prices are near the state median ($1.1M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 6.3x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -7.1% year-on-year.
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Jerrabomberra is in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2619. Council-level context for Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Jerrabomberra, NSW is $1.1M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Jerrabomberra is $815/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.
Rent-pressure candidate: Jerrabomberra rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Jerrabomberra show: Moderate Yield, Near Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.