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Shadforth NSW 2800

Shadforth is in Orange LGA, NSW, postcode 2800, with population 104.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$600/wk
Rising
+11.1% YoY
Mar 2025 → May 2026 · 15 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2800 · May 2026
$600
$528
Mar 2025May 2026
Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$600/wk
Rent context available
11.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
44,990
45K via Orange LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
9,206
636 added 12mo · 70MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,950
Median rent · wk$255

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±2.4% 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).

Investor profile

Who invests in Shadforth

Owner-occupied 84%Rented 16%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared6.2%
1,750 of 3,965 landlords
Avg rental loss$7,975/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,965
Reported capital gains2,570
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

82% of homes here are owner-occupied and 15% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

82% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

25%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,950/mo, while renters pay about $2,600/mo — renting runs $650/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$123K
Median rent · wk
$600
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,950

Household income

$123K household · yr+50% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$53K
Family
$137K
Household
$123K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (39 households)
Owned outright
44%
Owned with mortgage
39%
Rented
15%
Dwelling structure
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 67% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 33% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime April 2025 - March 2026
2,341
5,248 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,248
Total incidents2,341· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault55856%
  • Sexual Offences16917%
  • Robbery192%
  • Break And Enter25525%

Bushfire exposure

No mapped exposure ~0.6%
~0.6% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land

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 Environmental Management
Public / Open space 82% Rural / Green wedge 15% Other 3%

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

11,869 people · 202212,427 by 2032 (+4.7%)

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

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

Located in New South Wales within the Orange local government area, Shadforth is a quiet locality (postcode 2800). It is home to about 104 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $123K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $600. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,950.

Public transport access includes 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Orange LGA is moderate at 5,248 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.6% 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+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,950
Rent · wk(Census)$255
Market rent · wk(2026-05)$600
Population growth · Orange LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)44,990
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Orange LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)176
Houses 81%Units 19%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Orange LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.1%
YoY change+1.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2800ATO
Negatively geared6.2%
1,750 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,975/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,965
Reported capital gains2,570
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population104
Median age49
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$2,374
Personal income · wk$1,016
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,875 → $2,374
Change+26.6%
vs NSW median+6 pp
Median rent+2%
stablevs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops8
Hospitals · Orange LGAAIHW
Public1
Private2
Orange Health Servicepublic
Dudley Private Hospitalprivate
Orange Surgery Centreprivate
Aged care · Orange LGAGEN
Facilities8
Residential places575
Uniting Wontama Orange148 places
Orange Grove Care Community100 places
Ascott Gardens78 places
Bolton Clarke Gosling Creek77 places
Benjamin Short Grove60 places
Bolton Clarke Calare (PKA - Calare Residential Aged Care Facility)59 places
+2 more in Orange LGA
Childcare · Orange LGAACECQA
Services34
Approved places2,468
Exceeding NQS5
Rise Early Learning Orange155 places
Kiddie Academy Orange152 places
Great Beginnings Orange120 places
Valencia Drive Early Learning Centre112 places
Hill Street Childrens Centre108 places
The Willows Early Learning Centre104 places
+28 more in Orange LGA
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Shadforth carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

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 · 8 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 Shadforth 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 lighter areas here are school matches and hospital coverage, 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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Spring Creek better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$350/wk

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

Huntley most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent -$140/wk

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

Springside better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$300/wk

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

Shadforth FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Shadforth in?

    Shadforth is in the Orange Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2800. Council-level context for Orange LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Shadforth?

    The median weekly rent in Shadforth is $600/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Shadforth?

    Rent context available: Shadforth 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 Shadforth a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Shadforth 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 Shadforth?

    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 Shadforth 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.