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Suburb profile ·Inverell LGA · NSW ·2371

Rocky Creek NSW 2371

Rocky Creek is in Inverell LGA, NSW, postcode 2371, with population 25.

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.

$275/wk
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 10 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2371 · Jun 2026 · sparse signal
$425
$200
Jun 2025Jun 2026
What to check

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
$275/wk
Rent context available
≈D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
18,152
18K via Inverell LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
366
32 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$1,800
Median rent · wk

Affordability

33%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,800/mo, while renters pay about $1,192/mo — owning runs $608/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$43K
Median rent · wk
$275
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,800

Household income

$43K household · yr-47.9% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$13K
Family
$43K
Household
$43K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
902
4,989 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,989
Total incidents902· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault32364%
  • Sexual Offences6413%
  • Robbery41%
  • Break And Enter11423%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Rocky Creek NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Inverell local government area, Rocky Creek is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2371). It is home to about 25 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $43K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% 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. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English.

The current median weekly rent is $275. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,800.

The crime rate in the Inverell LGA is moderate at 4,989 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.1% 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+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,800
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$275
Population growth · Inverell LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)18,152
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Inverell LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)29
Houses 72%Units 28%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Inverell LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.3%
YoY change+0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2371ATO
Negatively geared3.1%
18 of filers
Avg rental loss$21,057/yr
Landlords (rental income)53
Reported capital gains35
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population25
Median age49
Household size3
HH income · wk$824
Personal income · wk$254
Persons / bedroom1.1
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Inverell LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Inverell Hospitalpublic
Tingha Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Aged care · Inverell LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places152
McLean Care Ltd125 places
Sunhaven Hostel18 places
Tingha Multi-Purpose Service9 places
McLean Care STRC NSWShort-Term Restorative Care (STRC)
Childcare · Inverell LGAACECQA
Services12
Approved places489
Exceeding NQS4
George Street Children's Centre75 places
Catherine Campbell Long Day Care68 places
KCL Child Care Services60 places
Kindamindi Pre-School60 places
IDFS Vacation Care50 places
Little Sprouts Learning Centre50 places
+6 more in Inverell LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Rocky Creek works as a starting read but 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 · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
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 Rocky Creek 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, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Texas better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$175/wk

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

Howell better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage

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

Wandera better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$75/wk

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

Rocky Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Rocky Creek in?

    Rocky Creek is in the Inverell Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2371. Council-level context for Inverell LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Rocky Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Rocky Creek is $275/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Rocky Creek?

    Rent context available: Rocky Creek 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. Is Rocky Creek a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Rocky Creek?

    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.

  6. How often is the Rocky Creek 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.