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Suburb profile ·Kempsey LGA · NSW ·2440

Sherwood NSW 2440

Sherwood is in Kempsey LGA, NSW, postcode 2440, with population 145.

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.

$460/wk
+5.0% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2440 · Apr 2026
$500
$412
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

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
$460/wk
Rent context available
5.0%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
31,950
32K via Kempsey LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
4,749
201 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$1,820
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

35%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,820/mo, while renters pay about $1,993/mo — renting runs $173/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$68K
Median rent · wk
$460
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,820

Household income

$68K household · yr-17.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$74K
Household
$68K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
2,282
7,255 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k7,255
Total incidents2,282· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault58354%
  • Sexual Offences13112%
  • Robbery81%
  • Break And Enter34833%

Full data detail

Sherwood NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Kempsey local government area, Sherwood is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2440). With a population of 145, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 55. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.4% 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 current median weekly rent is $460. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,820.

Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Kempsey LGA is moderate at 7,255 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.4% 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+0.4%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,820
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$460
Population growth · Kempsey LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)31,950
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.4%
20012025
Development · Kempsey LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)80
Houses59
Units21
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kempsey LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.9%
YoY change+0.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2440ATO
Negatively geared496 (4.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,003/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,320
Reported capital gains620
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population145
Median age55
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,303
Personal income · wk$575
Persons / bedroom0.8
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops10
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Sherwood 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 · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 · 10 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 Sherwood 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Barraganyatti better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$150/wk

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

Austral Eden better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

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

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

Fishermans Reach better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$210/wk

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

Sherwood FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Sherwood in?

    Sherwood is in the Kempsey Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2440. Council-level context for Kempsey LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Sherwood?

    The median weekly rent in Sherwood is $460/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Sherwood?

    Rent context available: Sherwood 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 Sherwood a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Sherwood 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 Sherwood?

    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 Sherwood 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.