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Watsons Creek NSW 2355

Watsons Creek is in Tamworth Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2355, with population 94.

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.

$215K
-21.8% YoY
2007 → 2013 · 2 periods
ABS + state medians
$275K
$215K
2007 2013
Why it fits

Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen.

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
$215K
House median, latest period
21.8%YoY D1 vs AU
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
94
94 local footprint
D4 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
133
5 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

HousesUnits

Affordability

5.6x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Affordable
Median price
$215K
Household income · yr
$39K
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,170

Household income

$39K household · yr-53.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$27K
Family
$70K
Household
$39K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
4,496
6,891 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,891
Total incidents4,496· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault1,23259%
  • Sexual Offences27013%
  • Robbery221%
  • Break And Enter56627%

Full data detail

Watsons Creek NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Watsons Creek is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Tamworth Regional local government area (postcode 2355). The area has roughly 94 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $39K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 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, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

Median house prices in Watsons Creek stand at $215,000, having declined steeply by 21.8% over the last twelve months. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,170.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Tamworth Regional LGA is moderate at 6,891 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Property prices sit below the state median ($215K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 5.6x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -21.8% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Price vs State$215K/$1.5M Below Median
Affordability5.6x Affordable
Price Momentum-21.8% Falling
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,170
Rent · wk(Census)
Price / income5.6x
Property investors · Postcode 2355ATO
Negatively geared14 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$2,727/yr
Landlords (rental income)40
Reported capital gains22
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population94
Median age53
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$743
Personal income · wk$520
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Watsons Creek works as a starting read but 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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · 2013 · 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
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 · 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 Watsons Creek 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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Hanging Rock better covered
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pop same · house +$85K · adds rent coverage

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

Taminda better covered
similar price band similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · house -$35K · adds rent coverage

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

Niangala better covered
similar price band similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · house +$97.5K · adds rent coverage

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

Watsons Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Watsons Creek in?

    Watsons Creek is in the Tamworth Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2355. Council-level context for Tamworth Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Watsons Creek?

    The current median house price in Watsons Creek, NSW is $215K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. Is Watsons Creek a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Watsons Creek show: Below Median, Affordable, Falling. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Watsons Creek?

    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 Watsons Creek 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.