Located in New South Wales within the Mid-Western Regional local government area, Kandos is a small locality (postcode 2848). The area has roughly 1,263 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $35K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 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 technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Kandos has a median house price of $400,000, which has risen by 3.9% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $435. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.
Kandos is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 870, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 34 bus stops. The crime rate in the Mid-Western Regional LGA is below average at 3,395 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 5.7%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($400K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 11.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +3.9% year-on-year.