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Suburb profile ·Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA · NSW ·2581

Lake George NSW 2581

Lake George is in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2581, with population 118.

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.

$750/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 9 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2581 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$785
$470
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
$1.3M
House median, latest period
61.5%YoY D8 vs AU
Median rent
$750/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
3.0%
Low yield band
D9 vs AU
Population
118
118 local footprint
D5 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
631
38 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Cycle positionRecovering
Low · 2015Peak · 2018

27.8% below peak · 73.3% above its low

Price growth (compound)3-yr +20.1%/yr
Indicative cashflow-$657/wk (-$34,190/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.

Affordability

Buying
6.7x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Moderate
Renting
20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $3,040/mo, while renters pay about $3,250/mo — renting runs $210/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$1.30M
Household income · yr
$195K
Median rent · wk
$750
Owner mortgage · mo
$3,040
Gross yield
3.0%

Household income

$195K household · yr+136.9% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$76K
Family
$211K
Household
$195K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
1,750
2,677 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,677
Total incidents1,750· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault41660%
  • Sexual Offences12418%
  • Robbery30%
  • Break And Enter15322%

Full data detail

Lake George NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Lake George (postcode 2581) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area. It is home to about 118 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $195K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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 professionals, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and professional services. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

Median house prices in Lake George stand at $1.3 million, having risen steeply by 61.5% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $750. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,040.

Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA is below average at 2,677 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 3.0%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.3M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 6.7x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +61.5% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield3.0%· Moderate Yield
Price vs State$1.3M/$1.5M· Near Median
Affordability6.7x· Moderate
Price Momentum+61.5% Rising
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$3,040
Rent · wk(Census)$388
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$750
Gross yield1.6%
Price / income6.7x
Property investors · Postcode 2581ATO
Negatively geared89 (5.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,458/yr
Landlords (rental income)246
Reported capital gains114
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population118
Median age46
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$3,750
Personal income · wk$1,458
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops4
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Lake George is usable as a read, though 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 · 2022 · 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
Available
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 · 4 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 Lake George 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Mulloon most similar
similar price band similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$194.5K · rent -$345/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Urila most similar
similar price band similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$265K · rent -$350/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Reidsdale most similar
similar price band similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · house +$200K · rent -$450/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Lake George FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lake George in?

    Lake George is in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2581. Council-level context for Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Lake George?

    The current median house price in Lake George, NSW is $1.3M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Lake George?

    The median weekly rent in Lake George is $750/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Lake George?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Lake George 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.

  5. Is Lake George a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lake George show: Moderate Yield, Near Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lake George?

    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.

  7. How often is the Lake George 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.