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Suburb profile ·Byron LGA · NSW ·2482

Koonyum Range NSW 2482

Koonyum Range is in Byron LGA, NSW, postcode 2482, with population 17.

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.

$742/wk
-4.9% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2482 · Apr 2026
$900
$650
Mar 2025Apr 2026
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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$742/wk
Rent context available
4.9%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
38,784
39K via Byron LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,362
161 added 12mo · 14MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,083
Median rent · wk

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,083/mo, while renters pay about $3,215/mo — renting runs $2,132/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$234K
Median rent · wk
$742
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,083

Household income

$234K household · yr+184.2% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$21K
Family
$143K
Household
$234K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
1,571
4,232 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,232
Total incidents1,571· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault37159%
  • Sexual Offences11118%
  • Robbery51%
  • Break And Enter14323%

Full data detail

Koonyum Range NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Byron local government area, Koonyum Range is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2482). It is home to about 17 residents, with a blend of families and working-age professionals and a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $234K per year, with an average household size of 5.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.8% 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 most common occupations are community & personal service, professionals. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $742. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.

The crime rate in the Byron LGA is moderate at 4,232 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.8% 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+1.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,083
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$742
Population growth · Byron LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)38,784
5-year growth+1.7% CAGR
YoY change+1.8%
20012025
Development · Byron LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)131
Houses87
Units45
YoY change+0%
Employment · Byron LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.9%
YoY change+0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2482ATO
Negatively geared177 (3.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$10,117/yr
Landlords (rental income)824
Reported capital gains400
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population17
Median age36
Household size5.5
HH income · wk$4,499
Personal income · wk$399
Persons / bedroom4.5
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Koonyum Range is usable, but it 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 · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
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 Koonyum Range 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, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Byron Bay better covered
better market coverage

pop +6300 · adds house price coverage · rent -$142/wk

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

Ocean Shores better covered
better market coverage

pop +5800 · adds house price coverage · rent -$234/wk

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

Suffolk Park better covered
better market coverage

pop +4200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$42/wk

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

Koonyum Range FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Koonyum Range in?

    Koonyum Range is in the Byron Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2482. Council-level context for Byron LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Koonyum Range?

    The median weekly rent in Koonyum Range is $742/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Koonyum Range?

    Rent context available: Koonyum Range 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. Is Koonyum Range a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Koonyum Range?

    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.

  6. How often is the Koonyum Range 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.