Louth is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Bourke local government area (postcode 2840). The area has roughly 74 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $81K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -2.4% 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 managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $205. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,000.
Louth is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 923, which is below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Bourke LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -2.4% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.