Laughtondale is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Hornsby local government area (postcode 2775). The area has roughly 102 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $90K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.4% 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 clerical & administrative, sales, managers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and real estate. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
Median house prices in Laughtondale stand at $1.4 million, having dropped significantly by 18.2% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $435. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,058.
The crime rate in the Hornsby LGA is low at 1,229 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.7%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.4M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 15.1x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -18.2% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.