Located in New South Wales within the Bathurst Regional local government area, The Lagoon is a quiet locality (postcode 2795). With a population of 268, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $120K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 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, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Median house prices in The Lagoon stand at $1.4 million, having jumped by 16.5% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $520. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Public transport access includes 23 bus stops. The crime rate in the Bathurst Regional LGA is below average at 3,968 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 2.0%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.4M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 11.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +16.5% year-on-year.