Naughtons Gap (postcode 2470) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Richmond Valley local government area. With a population of 137, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $93K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% 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 clerical & administrative, technicians & trades, sales. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The median house price in Naughtons Gap is $755,000, having risen solidly by 7.1% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $522. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
The crime rate in the Richmond Valley LGA is moderate at 5,127 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 3.6%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($755K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 8.1x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +7.1% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.