Sofala is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Bathurst Regional local government area (postcode 2795). It is home to about 111 residents, with an older demographic and a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $35K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. 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, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Median house prices in Sofala stand at $603,000, having grown strongly by 6.2% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $520. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
Sofala is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 946, which is below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Bathurst Regional LGA is below average at 3,968 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 4.5%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($603K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 17.3x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +6.2% year-on-year.