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Suburb profile ·Upper Lachlan Shire LGA · NSW ·2580

Richlands NSW 2580

Richlands is in Upper Lachlan Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2580, with population 48.

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.

$520/wk
+6.1% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2580 · Apr 2026
$520
$465
Mar 2025Apr 2026
What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$520/wk
Rent context available
↑6.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
48
48 local footprint
D3 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Solar
5,531
337 added 12mo · 39MW

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$1,235
Median rent · wk—

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
29%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,235/mo, while renters pay about $2,253/mo — renting runs $1,018/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$94K
Median rent · wk
$520
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,235

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$94K household · yr+14.5% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$51K
Family
$117K
Household
$94K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
141
1,619 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k1,619
Total incidents141· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault3956%
  • Sexual Offences1623%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter1521%

Full data detail

Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Richlands NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Richlands is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Upper Lachlan Shire local government area (postcode 2580). The area has roughly 48 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $94K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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 managers, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Scottish, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $520. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,235.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Upper Lachlan Shire LGA is low at 1,619 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,235
Rent · wk(Census)—
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$520
Property investors · Postcode 2580ATO
Negatively geared831 (4.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,670/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,974
Reported capital gains1,154
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population48
Median age40
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,812
Personal income · wk$974
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Top occupationsCensus
Managers16Clerical & Administrative4Professionals3
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture17Healthcare4Education3
Top ancestryCensus
Scottish23English22Irish18Australian14German4
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
Nearby in Upper Lachlan Shire LGA12
Fullerton$330K · 47Bevendale$260K · 45Peelwood$60K · 45Wombeyan Caves$273K · 53Bannaby$629K · 47Pejar$640K · 67Oolong · 54Big Hill$290K · 78Crooked Corner$400K · 78Cullerin · 41Golspie$615K · 81Tuena$370K · 81
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Richlands is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

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 · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Richlands 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, population trend data, and building approvals.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

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Stronger nearby reads

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Fullerton better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$320/wk

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Bevendale better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$340/wk

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

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Peelwood better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$303/wk

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

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Richlands FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Richlands in?

    Richlands is in the Upper Lachlan Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2580. Council-level context for Upper Lachlan Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Richlands?

    The median weekly rent in Richlands is $520/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Richlands?

    Rent context available: Richlands 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.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Richlands?

    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 Richlands 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.