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Suburb profile ·Dungog LGA · NSW ·2311

Mount Rivers NSW 2311

Mount Rivers is in Dungog LGA, NSW, postcode 2311, with population 60.

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.

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$185/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
10,102
10K via Dungog LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
273
14 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,842
Median rent · wk$185

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,842/mo, while renters pay about $802/mo — owning runs $1,040/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$98K
Median rent · wk
$185
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,842

Household income

$98K household · yr+18.4% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$46K
Family
$99K
Household
$98K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
209
2,110 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,110
Total incidents209· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault5859%
  • Sexual Offences1717%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter2323%

Bushfire exposure

High exposure ~63.9%
~63.9% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~27.8% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 98% Other 1%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

9,722 people · 202211,556 by 2032 (+18.9%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Dungog SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Mount Rivers NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Mount Rivers (postcode 2311) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Dungog local government area. The area has roughly 60 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $185 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,842.

Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Dungog LGA is below average at 2,110 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,842
Rent · wk(Census)$185
Population growth · Dungog LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)10,102
5-year growth+1.3% CAGR
YoY change+1.9%
20012025
Development · Dungog LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)47
Houses47
YoY change+0%
Employment · Dungog LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.4%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2311ATO
Negatively geared3.3%
18 of filers
Avg rental loss$11,943/yr
Landlords (rental income)66
Reported capital gains48
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population60
Median age47
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,875
Personal income · wk$875
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,312 → $1,875
Change+42.9%
vs NSW median+22.3 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops10
Hospitals · Dungog LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Dungog Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Dungog LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places65
Lara Aged Care65 places
Childcare · Dungog LGAACECQA
Services8
Approved places260
Exceeding NQS3
Joeys Pre-School & Early Learning Centre59 places
Thrive Kids Clarence Town OOSH44 places
Dungog Community Pre-School Kindergarten35 places
Paterson OOSH35 places
Hunter Mobile Preschool - Vacy OSHC30 places
Paterson Valley Community Pre-School27 places
+2 more in Dungog LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Mount Rivers depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

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 falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · 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 · 10 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 Rivers 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 and hospital coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches and hospital coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Mount Rivers feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Lostock better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$72/wk

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

Sugarloaf better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$150/wk

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

Fishers Hill better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$175/wk

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

Mount Rivers FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mount Rivers in?

    Mount Rivers is in the Dungog Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2311. Council-level context for Dungog LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mount Rivers?

    The median weekly rent in Mount Rivers is $185/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Mount Rivers a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Rivers show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mount Rivers?

    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.

  5. How often is the Mount Rivers 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.