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Suburb profile ·Eurobodalla LGA · NSW ·2536

Runnyford NSW 2536

Runnyford is in Eurobodalla LGA, NSW, postcode 2536, with population 28.

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.

$550/wk
Rising
+3.8% YoY
Mar 2025 → May 2026 · 15 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2536 · May 2026
$580
$490
Mar 2025May 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
$550/wk
Rent context available
3.8%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
41,309
41K via Eurobodalla LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
4,540
311 added 12mo · 30MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,275
Median rent · wk

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitytypical — rents vary ±4.5% around trend (short window, 15 pts)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Affordability

31%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,275/mo, while renters pay about $2,383/mo — renting runs $108/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$91K
Median rent · wk
$550
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,275

Household income

$91K household · yr+10.5% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$63K
Family
$137K
Household
$91K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
1,326
3,223 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,223
Total incidents1,326· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault38961%
  • Sexual Offences10416%
  • Robbery41%
  • Break And Enter14022%

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~98.9%
~98.9% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~89.6% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Forestry
Rural / Green wedge 94% Public / Open space 4% Other 2%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

3,565 people · 20224,059 by 2032 (+13.9%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Eurobodalla Hinterland SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

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

Runnyford is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Eurobodalla local government area (postcode 2536). The area has roughly 28 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $91K per year, with an average household size of 2 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 +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. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $550. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,275.

The crime rate in the Eurobodalla LGA is below average at 3,223 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.5% 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+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,275
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-05)$550
Population growth · Eurobodalla LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)41,309
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Eurobodalla LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)179
Houses 72%Units 28%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Eurobodalla LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.2%
YoY change-0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2536ATO
Negatively geared3.8%
407 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,987/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,242
Reported capital gains875
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population28
Median age50
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,749
Personal income · wk$1,208
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$899 → $1,749
Change+94.5%
vs NSW median+73.9 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Eurobodalla LGAAIHW
Public2
Private1
Batemans Bay Hospitalpublic
Moruya Hospitalpublic
Mogo Day Surgeryprivate
Aged care · Eurobodalla LGAGEN
Facilities8
Residential places673
Denhams Beach Care Community130 places
Estia Health Dalmeny115 places
Catholic Healthcare Maranatha Lodge95 places
The Glen Residential Care Service92 places
IRT Dalmeny90 places
Banksia Lodge80 places
+2 more in Eurobodalla LGA
Childcare · Eurobodalla LGAACECQA
Services23
Approved places985
Exceeding NQS3
Sunshine Bay Early Learning Centre100 places
Broulee Early Learning Centre Pty Ltd98 places
Northside Early Learning Centre69 places
Batehaven Early Learning Service59 places
Batemans Bay Out of School Hours Care50 places
Little Gumnuts Moruya50 places
+17 more in Eurobodalla LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Runnyford 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 · 2026-05 · 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 Runnyford 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.

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Coila better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$260/wk

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

Cadgee most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Nerrigundah better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$400/wk

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

Runnyford FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Runnyford in?

    Runnyford is in the Eurobodalla Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2536. Council-level context for Eurobodalla LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Runnyford?

    The median weekly rent in Runnyford is $550/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Runnyford?

    Rent context available: Runnyford 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 Runnyford a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Runnyford 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 Runnyford?

    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 Runnyford 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.