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Suburb profile ·Bathurst Regional LGA · NSW ·2795

The Rocks NSW 2795

The Rocks is in Bathurst Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2795, with population 70.

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.

$520/wk
Rising
+4.0% YoY
Mar 2025 → May 2026 · 15 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2795 · May 2026
$550
$490
Mar 2025May 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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.

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$520/wk
Rent context available
↑4.0%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
70
70 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
8,328
514 added 12mo · 62MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,084
Median rent · wk$200

Trend & investor depth

Derived from this suburb's own price, rent and income history
Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±2.4% around trend (short window, 15 pts)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Investor profile

Who invests in The Rocks

Owner-occupied 39%Rented 61%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.6%
1,218 of 3,103 landlords
Avg rental loss$7,061/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,103
Reported capital gains1,912
The read

Renter-heavy market

37% of homes here are owner-occupied and 58% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

What to check

58% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,084/mo, while renters pay about $2,253/mo — renting runs $169/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$173K
Median rent · wk
$520
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,084

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$173K household · yr+110.5% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$175K
Household
$173K

Housing stock and tenure

ABS Census 2021
Tenure (275 households)
Owned outright
26%
Owned with mortgage
12%
Rented
58%
Dwelling structure33.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
0%
Townhouse / semi
5%
Flat / apartment
95%

Getting to work: 13% drive, 6% public transport, 17% walk or cycle, 62% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime April 2025 - March 2026
1,783
3,968 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k3,968
Total incidents1,783· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault54364%
  • Sexual Offences14517%
  • Robbery111%
  • Break And Enter15418%
Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
The Rocks NSW — Property Data and Demographics

The Rocks is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Bathurst Regional local government area (postcode 2795). It is home to about 70 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $173K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 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 current median weekly rent is $520. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,084.

Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Bathurst Regional LGA is below average at 3,968 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,084
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Market rent · wk(2026-05)$520
Property investors · Postcode 2795ATO
Negatively geared4.6%
1,218 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,061/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,103
Reported capital gains1,912
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population70
Median age49
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$3,333
Personal income · wk$833
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$3,516 → $3,333
Change-5.2%
vs NSW median-25.8 pp
Median rent-77.8%
softeningvs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops4
Hospitals · Bathurst Regional LGAAIHW
Public1
Private1
Bathurst Base Hospitalpublic
Bathurst Private Hospitalprivate
Aged care · Bathurst Regional LGAGEN
Facilities5
Residential places500
Bathurst Riverview Care Community158 places
Catholic Healthcare St Catherine's Aged Care130 places
Whiddon Kelso112 places
Catholic Healthcare Macquarie Care Centre55 places
RFBI Bathurst Masonic Village45 places
Childcare · Bathurst Regional LGAACECQA
Services32
Approved places2,036
Exceeding NQS4
Jenny's Kindergarten and Early Learning Centre - Bathurst CBD132 places
Great Beginnings Bathurst129 places
Papilio Early Learning Bathurst105 places
Grow Early Education Kelso103 places
Milestones Early Learning Centre (Bathurst)96 places
Circle Early Learning Bathurst89 places
+26 more in Bathurst Regional LGA
Nearby in Bathurst Regional LGA12
Vittoria$605K · 59Sunny Corner$718K · 94Walang$140K · 109Sofala$603K · 111Watton$448K · 63Locksley$900K · 55Limekilns$930K · 115Caloola · 62Rockley Mount · 78Wimbledon$625K · 88Laffing Waters$1.4M · 98Bathampton$2.8M · 40
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

The Rocks 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 · 2026-05 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · 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 · 4 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because The Rocks 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, population trend data, and building approvals.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals, 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

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.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

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

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

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$374/wk

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

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Sunny Corner better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$357/wk

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

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

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$312/wk

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

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The Rocks FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is The Rocks in?

    The Rocks is in the Bathurst Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2795. Council-level context for Bathurst Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in The Rocks?

    The median weekly rent in The Rocks is $520/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about The Rocks?

    Rent context available: The Rocks 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. Where does QuickProperty get its data for The Rocks?

    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.

  5. How often is the The Rocks 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.