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Suburb profile ·Upper Hunter Shire LGA · NSW ·2336

Upper Rouchel NSW 2336

Upper Rouchel is in Upper Hunter Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2336, with population 73.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$580/wk
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2336 · Jun 2026 · sparse signal
$680
$350
Jun 2025Jun 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$580/wk
Rent context available
≈D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
73
73 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
556
32 added 12mo · 4MW

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$3,295
Median rent · wk$190
Investor profile

Who invests in Upper Rouchel

Owner-occupied 50%Rented 50%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.3%
76 of 178 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,767/yr
Landlords (rental income)178
Reported capital gains100
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

40% of homes here are owner-occupied and 40% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 40% owner-occupier / 40% renter mix.

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
27%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $3,295/mo, while renters pay about $2,513/mo — owning runs $782/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$114K
Median rent · wk
$580
Owner mortgage · mo
$3,295

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$114K household · yr+38.2% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$55K
Family
$139K
Household
$114K

Housing stock and tenure

ABS Census 2021
Tenure (30 households)
Owned outright
27%
Owned with mortgage
13%
Rented
40%
Dwelling structure30.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 59% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 36% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime April 2025 - March 2026
495
3,436 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k3,436
Total incidents495· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault12959%
  • Sexual Offences4018%
  • Robbery10%
  • Break And Enter4922%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

1 broad-area layer staged

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Severe broad-area context

About 100.0% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Severe exposure ~100.0%
~100.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~36.0% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)
Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 94% Public / Open space 6%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

ABS projection · Scone Surrounds SA2 area · 2022 base
8,251 people · 20228,318 by 2032 (+0.8%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Scone Surrounds SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Upper Rouchel NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Upper Hunter Shire local government area, Upper Rouchel is a quiet locality (postcode 2336). The area has roughly 73 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $114K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 most common occupations are managers, machinery operators & drivers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,295.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Upper Hunter Shire LGA is below average at 3,436 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$3,295
Rent · wk(Census)$190
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$580
Property investors · Postcode 2336ATO
Negatively geared5.3%
76 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,767/yr
Landlords (rental income)178
Reported capital gains100
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population73
Median age51
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$2,187
Personal income · wk$1,062
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,187 → $2,187
Change+84.2%
vs NSW median+63.6 pp
Median rent+26.7%
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Managers23Machinery Operators & Drivers12Professionals6Sales4Labourers3
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture13Mining9Wholesale Trade5Admin Services4Manufacturing3
Top ancestryCensus
Australian41English18Scottish17Irish10German4
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
Hospitals · Upper Hunter Shire LGAAIHW
Public3
Private0
Merriwa Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Scott Memorial Hospital, Sconepublic
Wilson Memorial Community Hospital, Murrurundipublic
Aged care · Upper Hunter Shire LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places154
Strathearn House98 places
Murravale Aged Care Facility25 places
Gummun Place16 places
Merri Multi-Purpose Service15 places
Childcare · Upper Hunter Shire LGAACECQA
Services6
Approved places201
Exceeding NQS3
Upper Hunter Early Learning Centre57 places
Scone and District Pre School52 places
The Yellow Cottage - Scone Grammar School Preschool43 places
Aberdeen Preschool29 places
Murrurundi Pre School20 places
Upper Hunter Family Day CareFamily Day Care
Nearby in Upper Hunter Shire LGA12
Waverly$490K · 77Bunnan$210K · 94Glenbawn$620K · 89Moonan Flat$410K · 131Owens Gap · 80Timor · 55Gungal$790K · 186Dartbrook · 110Gundy$300K · 165Blandford$545K · 205Sandy Creek · 42Moobi$700K · 168
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Upper Rouchel 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 · 2026-06 · 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 · 2 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 Upper Rouchel 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals; 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.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

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Stronger nearby reads

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

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

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$280/wk

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

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

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$430/wk

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

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

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$310/wk

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

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Upper Rouchel FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Upper Rouchel in?

    Upper Rouchel is in the Upper Hunter Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2336. Council-level context for Upper Hunter Shire LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Upper Rouchel?

    The median weekly rent in Upper Rouchel is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Upper Rouchel?

    Rent context available: Upper Rouchel 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 Upper Rouchel?

    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 Upper Rouchel 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.