QP SUBURB BRIEF
NSW overview · postcode 2527.
KEY FACTS FIRST, DETAILS BELOW

Yellow Rock at a glance, before the advanced view.

This page now starts with the practical questions ordinary users ask first: is the suburb expensive, what does rent look like, how big is it, what is nearby, and what should you do next.

Yellow Rock is in Shellharbour LGA, NSW, postcode 2527, with population 226.

MEDIAN HOUSE
No local house series
MEDIAN RENT
$700/wk
Market rent signal
POPULATION
226
226 local footprint
SCHOOLS
School coverage summary
SHORTLIST WORKSPACE

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QUICK READ
2527
SUBURB VERDICT

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.

JOBS SIGNAL

The local workforce mix is visible, but not concentrated enough to make one industry the whole story. Local earnings momentum is not available from the linked ATO series. NSW employment is up +0.3% year-on-year (+14K jobs) and +11.3% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.

INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE

NSW has 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2024-10-02. There is no matched local transport-stop count here, so read the infrastructure backdrop as broader state delivery context only. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.

LIVEABILITY READ

Yellow Rock is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Shellharbour local government area (postcode 2527). With a population of 226, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $121K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 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.

DATA CONFIDENCE

This suburb mixes release datasets, Census data, and matched local services. Use the data status block before treating every metric as equally fresh.

SOURCE & FRESHNESS

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
Manual release files still matter here.

Manual release files parsed into suburb prices

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 · Manual release refresh
medium stability · manual file · conditional refresh · release-based
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-01 · State market dataset
medium stability · manual file · conditional refresh · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
EVIDENCE DEPTH
THIN EVIDENCE

Yellow Rock is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

The page has limited direct evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals, so use nearby alternatives or compare before relying on it.

NEXT STEP

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DIRECT
2

Market rent, Crime

VERIFY
0

No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.

MISSING
6

Property prices, Schools, Hospitals, Transport

DECISION INTELLIGENCE
THIN-CONTEXT

Yellow Rock currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

RECOMMENDED NEXT STEP

Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.

WHY IT FITS

No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.

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.

DECISIVE GAPS

Property prices, Schools, Transport

COMPARE STATUS

Use as context

SPARSE LOCALITY NOTE

This page stays indexable because Yellow Rock 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and population trend data.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals. 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.

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

Dunmore BETTER COVERED
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE SIMILAR SUBURB SCALE BETTER MARKET COVERAGE

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$280/wk

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

Tongarra BETTER COVERED
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE SIMILAR SUBURB SCALE BETTER MARKET COVERAGE

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$350/wk

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

Shellharbour City Centre BETTER COVERED
SIMILAR RENT PROFILE BETTER MARKET COVERAGE

pop +200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$300/wk

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

WHY PEOPLE LOOK HERE
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
LOCAL SIGNALS
Schools: No local school matches exposed.
Crime: 2,862 per 100k at the Shellharbour LGA level.
Transport: No matched local transport stops.
FAQ
What is the typical weekly rent in Yellow Rock? +
The median weekly rent in Yellow Rock is $700/wk, based on the current market rent dataset.
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Yellow Rock? +
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.
How often is the Yellow Rock 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.
ADVANCED VIEW

Full data detail for Yellow Rock

The detailed view stays here for deeper inspection. If you want the complete charts, profile tables, data-status panel, and related suburb browsing, this is still the advanced mode.

Yellow Rock NSW

Postcode 2527 · Shellharbour LGA

Yellow Rock is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Shellharbour local government area (postcode 2527). With a population of 226, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $121K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 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 current median weekly rent is $700. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,000.

The crime rate in the Shellharbour LGA is below average at 2,862 incidents per 100,000 population.

MEDIAN RENT /WK
$500
POPULATION
226
DEMOGRAPHICS
Median Age45
Household Size3.2
HH Income /wk$2,321
Personal Income /wk$791
Mortgage /mth$3,000
CRIME (Shellharbour LGA)
Crime Rate (per 100k)2,862
Total Incidents2,334
DATA STATUS
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Release dataset
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-01 · Market dataset
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · LGA-level dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals
Missing
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: January 2025 - December 2025