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Suburb profile ·Upper Hunter Shire LGA · NSW ·2337

Woolooma NSW 2337

Woolooma is in Upper Hunter Shire LGA, NSW, postcode 2337, with population 35.

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.

$500/wk
Flat
+0.0% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2337 · Jun 2026
$590
$425
Jun 2025Jun 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
$500/wk
Rent context available
→0.0%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
35
35 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,422
87 added 12mo · 12MW

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$700
Median rent · wk—

Trend & investor depth

Derived from this suburb's own price, rent and income history
Rent stabilityvolatile — rents vary ±8.5% around trend (short window, 13 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).

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $700/mo, while renters pay about $2,167/mo — renting runs $1,467/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$88K
Median rent · wk
$500
Owner mortgage · mo
$700

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$88K household · yr+6.6% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$94K
Household
$88K
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

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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 · ~36.9% 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 100%

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
Woolooma NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Woolooma (postcode 2337) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Upper Hunter Shire local government area. With a population of 35, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 55. Households earn a median income of $88K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 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, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $700.

Public transport access includes 4 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$700
Rent · wk(Census)—
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$500
Property investors · Postcode 2337ATO
Negatively geared5.4%
271 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,914/yr
Landlords (rental income)599
Reported capital gains444
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population35
Median age55
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,687
Personal income · wk$819
Persons / bedroom0.8
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$1,249 → $1,687
Change+35.1%
vs NSW median+14.5 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Managers9Professionals4Technicians & Trades3Machinery Operators & Drivers3
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture11Education5Construction3Retail Trade3
Top ancestryCensus
English15Australian13Irish5Dutch3
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops4
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
Stewarts Brook$415K · 24Belltrees · 37Sandy Creek · 42Dry Creek$600K · 50Davis Creek · 34Kars Springs · 37Brawboy$5.5M · 18Scotts Creek · 25Murulla · 23Timor · 55Waverly$490K · 77Glenbawn$620K · 89
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Woolooma is usable as a read, though 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 · 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 Woolooma 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.

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

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

Stewarts Brook better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$200/wk

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

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Belltrees better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$175/wk

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

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Sandy Creek better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$240/wk

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

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Woolooma FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Woolooma in?

    Woolooma is in the Upper Hunter Shire Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2337. 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 Woolooma?

    The median weekly rent in Woolooma is $500/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Woolooma?

    Rent context available: Woolooma 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 Woolooma?

    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 Woolooma 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.