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Suburb profile ·Mid-Western Regional LGA · NSW ·2852

Stubbo NSW 2852

Stubbo is in Mid-Western Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2852, with population 270.

The read

Growth-momentum

There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.

$400/wk
-20.0% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2852 · Apr 2026
$690
$400
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

What to check

Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
$813K
House median, latest period
16.2%YoY D5 vs AU
Median rent
$400/wk
Rent context available
20.0%YoY D9 vs AU
Gross yield
2.6%
Low yield band
D8 vs AU
Population
270
270 local footprint
D6 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
761
40 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Trend & investor depth

Cycle positionAt its peak
Low · 2017Peak · 2023

At / near its all-time high

Price growth (compound)3-yr +1.9%/yr · 5-yr +15.4%/yr · 10-yr +11.4%/yr
Indicative cashflow-$462/wk (-$24,050/yr) · interest-only @ 6.1%, 80% LVR

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.

Affordability

Buying
12.0x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
31%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,690/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $43/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$813K
Household income · yr
$68K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,690
Gross yield
2.6%

Household income

$68K household · yr-17.6% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$32K
Family
$98K
Household
$68K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
848
3,271 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,271
Total incidents848· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault25458%
  • Sexual Offences11426%
  • Robbery31%
  • Break And Enter7016%

Full data detail

Stubbo NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Mid-Western Regional local government area, Stubbo is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2852). The area has roughly 270 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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, machinery operators & drivers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward mining and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

Stubbo has a median house price of $813,000, which has surged by 16.2% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $400. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,690.

Public transport access includes 14 bus stops. The crime rate in the Mid-Western Regional LGA is below average at 3,271 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 2.6%, which reads as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($813K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 12.0x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +16.2% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield2.6% Low Yield
Price vs State$813K/$1.5M Below Median
Affordability12.0x Stretched
Price Momentum+16.2% Rising
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,690
Rent · wk(Census)$325
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$400
Gross yield2.1%
Price / income12.0x
Property investors · Postcode 2852ATO
Negatively geared90 (4.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,090/yr
Landlords (rental income)218
Reported capital gains105
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population270
Median age46
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,305
Personal income · wk$619
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops14
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Stubbo is usable as a read, though it 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 · 2025 · 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
Available
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 · 14 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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.

Stubbo FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Stubbo in?

    Stubbo is in the Mid-Western Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2852. Council-level context for Mid-Western Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Stubbo?

    The current median house price in Stubbo, NSW is $813K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Stubbo?

    The median weekly rent in Stubbo is $400/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Stubbo?

    Rent context available: Stubbo 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.

  5. Is Stubbo a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Stubbo show: Low Yield, Below Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Stubbo?

    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.

  7. How often is the Stubbo 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.