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Suburb profile ·Central Darling LGA · NSW ·2836

White Cliffs NSW 2836

White Cliffs is in Central Darling LGA, NSW, postcode 2836, with population 156.

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$150/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 8 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2836 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$231
$120
Mar 2025Apr 2026
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
No local house series
Median rent
$150/wk
Rent context available
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,773
2K via Central Darling LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
293
4 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$433
Median rent · wk$90

Affordability

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $433/mo, while renters pay about $650/mo — renting runs $217/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$32K
Median rent · wk
$150
Owner mortgage · mo
$433

Household income

$32K household · yr-61% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$46K
Household
$32K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA873
Students17
Government1
  • White Cliffs Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 873
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
271

Crime

Rate · per 100k0
Total incidents271· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault10766%
  • Sexual Offences127%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter4427%

Full data detail

White Cliffs NSW — Property Data and Demographics

White Cliffs is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Central Darling local government area (postcode 2836). With a population of 156, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $32K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $150. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $433.

White Cliffs is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 873, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Central Darling LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of -0.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.2% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$433
Rent · wk(Census)$90
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$150
Population growth · Central Darling LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,773
5-year growth+0% CAGR
YoY change-0.2%
20012025
Development · Central Darling LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)4
Houses2
Units2
YoY change+0%
Employment · Central Darling LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7%
YoY change+0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2836ATO
Negatively geared9 (2.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,690/yr
Landlords (rental income)34
Reported capital gains19
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population156
Median age56
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$617
Personal income · wk$472
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
Hospitals · 1AIHW
Public1
Private0
White Cliffs Health Servicepublic
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

White Cliffs carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

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 · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · 1 hospitals matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 White Cliffs 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 transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

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

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent same $

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

Sunset Strip better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$55/wk

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

Wilcannia better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +600 · adds house price coverage · rent +$5/wk

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

White Cliffs FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is White Cliffs in?

    White Cliffs is in the Central Darling Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2836. Council-level context for Central Darling LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in White Cliffs?

    The median weekly rent in White Cliffs is $150/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about White Cliffs?

    Rent context available: White Cliffs 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. Is White Cliffs a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for White Cliffs show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for White Cliffs?

    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.

  6. How often is the White Cliffs 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.