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Suburb profile ·Lithgow LGA · NSW ·2846

Round Swamp NSW 2846

Round Swamp is in Lithgow LGA, NSW, postcode 2846, with population 11.

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.

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
20,693
21K via Lithgow LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
101
6 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$2,061
Median rent · wk

Household income

$36K household · yr-56.6% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$19K
Family
$36K
Household
$36K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
989
4,772 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,772
Total incidents989· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault29964%
  • Sexual Offences7416%
  • Robbery31%
  • Break And Enter9019%

Full data detail

Round Swamp NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Round Swamp is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Lithgow local government area (postcode 2846). The area has roughly 11 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 63. Households earn a median income of $36K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 top ancestries reported are English, Australian.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,061.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Lithgow LGA is moderate at 4,772 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.5% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.5% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,061
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Lithgow LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)20,693
5-year growth-0.4% CAGR
YoY change-0.5%
20012025
Development · Lithgow LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)41
Houses37
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Lithgow LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.9%
YoY change+2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2846ATO
Negatively geared9 (5.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,413/yr
Landlords (rental income)24
Reported capital gains11
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population11
Median age63
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$687
Personal income · wk$374
Persons / bedroom1.2
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Round Swamp as a thin local read, not 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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 · 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 Round Swamp 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 and hospital coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches and hospital coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist 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 Round Swamp feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Upper Nile most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

State Mine Gully most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Blackmans Flat better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

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

Round Swamp FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Round Swamp in?

    Round Swamp is in the Lithgow Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2846. Council-level context for Lithgow LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Round Swamp a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Round Swamp?

    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.

  4. How often is the Round Swamp 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.