Middle Brook is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Upper Hunter Shire local government area (postcode 2337). With a population of 260, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $102K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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 technicians & trades, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
Middle Brook has a median house price of $948,000, which has surged by 11.8% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $550. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Public transport access includes 27 bus stops. The crime rate in the Upper Hunter Shire LGA is below average at 3,369 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.0% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($948K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 9.3x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +11.8% year-on-year.