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Suburb profile ·Snowy Monaro Regional LGA · NSW ·2630

Rock Flat NSW 2630

Rock Flat is in Snowy Monaro Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2630, with population 73.

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.

$465/wk
+1.1% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2630 · Apr 2026
$500
$380
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$465/wk
Rent context available
↑1.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
73
73 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Solar
1,588
74 added 12mo · 11MW

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$3,250
Median rent · wk$250

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $3,250/mo, while renters pay about $2,015/mo — owning runs $1,235/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$137K
Median rent · wk
$465
Owner mortgage · mo
$3,250

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$137K household · yr+65.8% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$58K
Family
$133K
Household
$137K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
481
2,173 per 100k
D3 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k2,173
Total incidents481· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault12657%
  • Sexual Offences5424%
  • Robbery21%
  • Break And Enter4118%

Full data detail

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

Located in New South Wales within the Snowy Monaro Regional local government area, Rock Flat is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2630). The area has roughly 73 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $137K per year, with an average household size of 3.3 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, sales. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $465. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,250.

The crime rate in the Snowy Monaro Regional LGA is below average at 2,173 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$3,250
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$465
Property investors · Postcode 2630ATO
Negatively geared269 (4.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,312/yr
Landlords (rental income)740
Reported capital gains431
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population73
Median age49
Household size3.3
HH income · wk$2,625
Personal income · wk$1,113
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Top occupationsCensus
Managers21Clerical & Administrative12Sales5Machinery Operators & Drivers4Labourers4
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture22Public Admin & Safety9Retail Trade5Healthcare4Professional Services3
Top ancestryCensus
Australian27English24Scottish11German11Aboriginal Australian8
Nearby in Snowy Monaro Regional LGA12
Jerangle$485K · 90Chakola$935K · 88The Angle$900K · 86Anglers Reach$460K · 78Bibbenluke$300K · 82Coolringdon · 73Tinderry$549K · 59Murrumbucca$450K · 82Bungarby$58K · 80Glen Allen$250K · 55Rocky Plain · 69Anembo$800K · 72
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Rock Flat is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

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 · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
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 Rock Flat 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, transport stops, and population trend data.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals, 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.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

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

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

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$215/wk

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

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

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$205/wk

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

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The Angle better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$234/wk

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

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Rock Flat FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rock Flat in?

    Rock Flat is in the Snowy Monaro Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2630. Council-level context for Snowy Monaro Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Rock Flat?

    The median weekly rent in Rock Flat is $465/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Rock Flat?

    Rent context available: Rock Flat 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 Rock Flat?

    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 Rock Flat 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.