Located in New South Wales within the Dubbo Regional local government area, Mount Arthur is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2820). It is home to about 109 residents, with a predominantly older resident base and a median age of 59. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 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 clerical & administrative, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Mount Arthur is $675,000, having climbed sharply by 35% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $430. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,134.
Public transport access includes 13 bus stops. The crime rate in the Dubbo Regional LGA is moderate at 6,970 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.3% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($675K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 9.0x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +35.0% year-on-year.