Wattle Flat (postcode 2795) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Bathurst Regional local government area. With a population of 270, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $56K 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, community & personal service, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Wattle Flat is $710,000, having surged by 32.7% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $520. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.
Wattle Flat is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 932, which is below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 18 bus stops. The crime rate in the Bathurst Regional LGA is below average at 3,968 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Wattle Flat shows a gross rental yield of approximately 3.8%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($710K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 12.7x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +32.7% year-on-year.