Located in New South Wales within the Mid-Coast local government area, Pampoolah is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2430). The area has roughly 423 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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, clerical & administrative, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Pampoolah has a median house price of $830,000, which has declined steeply by 30.3% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $500. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,324.
Public transport access includes 18 bus stops. The crime rate in the Mid-Coast LGA is moderate at 4,023 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.1% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($830K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 12.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -30.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.