Located in New South Wales within the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area, Mongarlowe is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2622). It is home to about 121 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. 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 professionals, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward education and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Median house prices in Mongarlowe sit at $1.3 million, little changed on a year ago. The current median weekly rent is $495. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.
Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA is below average at 2,419 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 2.0%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.3M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 19.5x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year.