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Rous Mill is in Ballina LGA, NSW, postcode 2477, with population 204.
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The local employment base leans toward agriculture and healthcare. Local earnings momentum is not available from the linked ATO series. NSW employment is up +0.3% year-on-year (+14K jobs) and +11.3% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.
NSW has 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2024-10-02. This suburb also matches 19 local transport stops or stations, which adds nearby access context but does not prove direct project exposure. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.
Rous Mill is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Ballina local government area (postcode 2477). With a population of 204, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $81K 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
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Gross yield screens at about 6.6%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Gross yield screens at about 6.6%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Rous Mill is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Ballina local government area (postcode 2477). With a population of 204, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $81K 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Rous Mill is $550,000, having dropped significantly 56% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $700. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,492.
Public transport access includes 19 bus stops. The crime rate in the Ballina LGA is moderate at 4,120 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Rous Mill offers a gross rental yield of 6.6%, rated as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($550K/$1.5M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 6.8x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -56.0% year-on-year.
Rous Mill is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Ballina local government area (postcode 2477). With a population of 204, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $81K 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Rous Mill is $550,000, having dropped significantly 56% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $700. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,492.
Public transport access includes 19 bus stops. The crime rate in the Ballina LGA is moderate at 4,120 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Rous Mill offers a gross rental yield of 6.6%, rated as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($550K/$1.5M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 6.8x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -56.0% year-on-year.