Ballimore (postcode 2830) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Dubbo Regional local government area. The area has roughly 240 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $97K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Ballimore has a median house price of $414,000, which has dropped significantly by 9.3% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $550. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.9%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,441.
Ballimore is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 923, which is below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 11 bus stops. The crime rate in the Dubbo Regional LGA is moderate at 6,837 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 6.9%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($414K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 4.3x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -9.3% year-on-year.