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Suburb profile ·Upper Hunter Shire LGA · NSW ·2337

Kars Springs NSW 2337

Kars Springs is in Upper Hunter Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2337, with population 37.

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Thin-context

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$550/wk
+12.7% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2337 · Apr 2026
$590
$425
Mar 2025Apr 2026
What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$550/wk
Rent context available
↑12.7%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
37
37 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Solar
1,411
84 added 12mo · 12MW

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$1,649
Median rent · wk—

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
31%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,649/mo, while renters pay about $2,383/mo — renting runs $734/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$91K
Median rent · wk
$550
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,649

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$91K household · yr+10.5% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$47K
Family
$110K
Household
$91K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
483
3,369 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k3,369
Total incidents483· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault13862%
  • Sexual Offences3516%
  • Robbery10%
  • Break And Enter5022%

Full data detail

Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Kars Springs NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Kars Springs (postcode 2337) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Upper Hunter Shire local government area. It is home to about 37 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $91K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 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, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $550. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,649.

Public transport access includes 3 bus stops. The crime rate in the Upper Hunter Shire LGA is below average at 3,369 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,649
Rent · wk(Census)—
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$550
Property investors · Postcode 2337ATO
Negatively geared271 (5.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,914/yr
Landlords (rental income)599
Reported capital gains444
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population37
Median age49
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,749
Personal income · wk$900
Persons / bedroom1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Top occupationsCensus
Managers11Professionals5Machinery Operators & Drivers5Technicians & Trades4Labourers3
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture9Mining7Public Admin & Safety3
Top ancestryCensus
Australian25English17Irish5
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops3
Nearby in Upper Hunter Shire LGA12
Belltrees · 37Stewarts Brook$415K · 24Sandy Creek · 42Dry Creek$600K · 50Woolooma · 35Davis Creek · 34Brawboy$1.8M · 18Scotts Creek · 25Timor · 55Waverly$490K · 77Murulla · 23Glenbawn$620K · 89
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Kars Springs 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 · 2026-04 · 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 · 3 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 Kars Springs 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.

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

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Stronger nearby reads

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

Belltrees better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$225/wk

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Stewarts Brook better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$250/wk

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

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Sandy Creek better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$290/wk

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

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Kars Springs FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kars Springs in?

    Kars Springs is in the Upper Hunter Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2337. Council-level context for Upper Hunter Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kars Springs?

    The median weekly rent in Kars Springs is $550/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Kars Springs?

    Rent context available: Kars Springs 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 Kars Springs?

    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 Kars Springs 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.