What LGA is Mount Aquila in?

Mount Aquila is in the Dubbo Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2820. Council-level context for Dubbo Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

What is the typical weekly rent in Mount Aquila?

The median weekly rent in Mount Aquila is $430/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

What does the rent signal say about Mount Aquila?

Rent context available: Mount Aquila has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mount Aquila?

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.

How often is the Mount Aquila 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.

Suburb profile ·Dubbo Regional LGA · NSW ·2820

Mount Aquila NSW 2820

Mount Aquila is in Dubbo Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2820, with population 6.

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.

$430/wk

+2.4% YoY

Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods

NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2820 · Apr 2026

$700

$395

Mar 2025Apr 2026

What to check

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Median house

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No local house series

Median rent

$430/wk

Rent context available

↑2.4%YoY D9 vs AU

Gross yield

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Need rent + price

Population

6 local footprint

D1 vs AU

Schools

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No matched school data

Solar

1,425

120 added 12mo · 10MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$988

Median rent · wk—

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data

31%

median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)

Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $988/mo, while renters pay about $1,863/mo — renting runs $875/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr: $71K
Median rent · wk: $430
Owner mortgage · mo: $988

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual

$71K household · yr-13.2% vs NSW suburb median

Personal: $49K
Family: $72K
Household: $71K

Crime January 2025 - December 2025

3,942

6,970 per 100k

D8 vs AU

Crime

lga

Rate · per 100k6,970

Total incidents3,942· January 2025 - December 2025

Assault1,11861%
Sexual Offences29216%
Robbery271%
Break And Enter39221%

Full data detail

Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets

Mount Aquila is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Dubbo Regional local government area (postcode 2820). It is home to about 6 residents, with a young professional demographic and a median age of 28. Households earn a median income of $71K per year, with an average household size of 2 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, English.

The current median weekly rent is $430. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $988.

The crime rate in the Dubbo Regional LGA is moderate at 6,970 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money

InvestmentNSW

Mortgage · mth$988

Rent · wk(Census)—

Market rent · wk(2026-04)$430

Property investors · Postcode 2820ATO

Negatively geared117 (3.5% of filers)

Avg rental loss$6,065/yr

Landlords (rental income)333

Reported capital gains191

People & prosperity

DemographicsCensus 21

Population6

Median age28

Household size2

HH income · wk$1,374

Personal income · wk$949

Persons / bedroom0.9

SEIFA indexABS

Advantage (IRSAD)2/10

Education (IEO)2/10

Economic (IER)2/10

Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10

Top ancestryCensus

Australian9 English3

Nearby in Dubbo Regional LGA12

Dubbo$717K · 43,516 Wellington$600K · 4,096 Yarragal · 14 Goonoo Forest · 13 Wongarbon$545K · 814 Geurie$623K · 706 Montefiores$533K · 630 Eumungerie$165K · 384 Terramungamine$1.0M · 315 Brocklehurst$615K · 308 Mumbil$230K · 298 Stuart Town$317K · 241

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Sources & freshness

Thin evidence

Treat Mount Aquila as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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 · 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

Missing

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 · No matched local transport stops

medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed

Missing

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 Mount Aquila 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, transport stops, and population trend data.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path

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Stronger nearby reads

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Dubbo better covered

better market coverage

pop +43500 · adds house price coverage · rent -$120/wk

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Wellington better covered

better market coverage

pop +4100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$200/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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Yarragal better covered

better market coverage

pop same · rent -$267/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

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Mount Aquila FAQ

Common questions

What LGA is Mount Aquila in?

Mount Aquila is in the Dubbo Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2820. Council-level context for Dubbo Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
What is the typical weekly rent in Mount Aquila?

The median weekly rent in Mount Aquila is $430/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
What does the rent signal say about Mount Aquila?

Rent context available: Mount Aquila has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mount Aquila?

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.
How often is the Mount Aquila 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.