Koorawatha (postcode 2807) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Hilltops local government area. With a population of 450, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $42K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Koorawatha has a median house price of $292,000, which has risen steeply by 11.5% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $220 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.9%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $940.
Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 18 bus stops. The crime rate in the Hilltops LGA is below average at 3,254 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 3.9%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($292K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 7.0x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +11.5% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.