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Suburb profile ·Brewarrina LGA · NSW ·2839

Talawanta NSW 2839

Talawanta is in Brewarrina LGA, NSW, postcode 2839, with population 19.

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.

$400/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 10 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2839 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$400
$190
Mar 2025Apr 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
$400/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,396
1K via Brewarrina LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
374
6 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,275
Median rent · wk

Affordability

42%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,275/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $458/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$49K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,275

Household income

$49K household · yr-40.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$85K
Household
$49K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
233

Crime

Rate · per 100k0
Total incidents233· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault6552%
  • Sexual Offences86%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter5342%

Full data detail

Talawanta NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Talawanta (postcode 2839) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Brewarrina local government area. The area has roughly 19 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 59. Households earn a median income of $49K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 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. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Scottish, Australian, English.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,275.

The crime rate in the Brewarrina LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of -0.4% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.4% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,275
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$400
Population growth · Brewarrina LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,396
5-year growth-1.8% CAGR
YoY change-0.4%
20012025
Development · Brewarrina LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Brewarrina LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.8%
YoY change-1.3pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2839ATO
Negatively geared16 (3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,014/yr
Landlords (rental income)53
Reported capital gains22
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population19
Median age59
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$949
Personal income · wk$537
Persons / bedroom0.5
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Talawanta is usable, but 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 · 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 · 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 Talawanta 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

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

Gongolgon better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$240/wk

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

Narran Lake most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Angledool better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$350/wk

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

Talawanta FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Talawanta in?

    Talawanta is in the Brewarrina Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2839. Council-level context for Brewarrina LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Talawanta?

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

  3. What does the rent signal say about Talawanta?

    Rent context available: Talawanta 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 Talawanta a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Talawanta show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Talawanta?

    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 Talawanta 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.