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Suburb profile ·Snowy Valleys LGA · NSW ·2729

Black Creek NSW 2729

Black Creek is in Snowy Valleys LGA, NSW, postcode 2729, with population 16.

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.

$420/wk
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 8 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2729 · Jun 2026 · sparse signal
$600
$290
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.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$420/wk
Rent context available
≈D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
15,058
15K via Snowy Valleys LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
457
27 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,733
Median rent · wk

Affordability

31%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,733/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — renting runs $87/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$72K
Median rent · wk
$420
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,733

Household income

$72K household · yr-13.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$72K
Household
$72K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
504
3,370 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,370
Total incidents504· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault14056%
  • Sexual Offences4217%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter6827%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

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

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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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

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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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Black Creek NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Black Creek (postcode 2729) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Snowy Valleys local government area. The area has roughly 16 residents and a young demographic, with a median age of 23. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 3.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 machinery operators & drivers, community & personal service. The top ancestries reported are English, Irish, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $420. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.

The crime rate in the Snowy Valleys LGA is below average at 3,370 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,733
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$420
Population growth · Snowy Valleys LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)15,058
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Snowy Valleys LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)38
Houses 92%Units 8%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Snowy Valleys LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.3%
YoY change+0.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2729ATO
Negatively geared4.4%
45 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,932/yr
Landlords (rental income)130
Reported capital gains68
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population16
Median age23
Household size3.8
HH income · wk$1,375
Personal income · wk$850
Persons / bedroom1.1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$725 → $1,375
Change+89.7%
vs NSW median+69.1 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Snowy Valleys LGAAIHW
Public3
Private0
Batlow/Adelong Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Tumbarumba Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Tumut Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Snowy Valleys LGAGEN
Facilities5
Residential places310
Calvary Albury & District119 places
Uniting Tumut99 places
Tumbarumba Multi-Purpose Service42 places
Catholic Healthcare Blakeney Lodge30 places
Batlow Multi-Purpose Service20 places
Childcare · Snowy Valleys LGAACECQA
Services9
Approved places428
Exceeding NQS1
Carcoola Children's Centre89 places
Little Possums Early Childhood Learning Centre81 places
Tumut Community Preschool59 places
Tumut Kindy Early Learning Centre48 places
Bright Horizons Australia Childcare - Tumut45 places
Adelong Preschool30 places
+3 more in Snowy Valleys LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Black Creek 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 · 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 Black Creek 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, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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 Black Creek feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Paddys River better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$215/wk

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

Laurel Hill better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage

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

Argalong most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Black Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Black Creek in?

    Black Creek is in the Snowy Valleys Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2729. Council-level context for Snowy Valleys LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Black Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Black Creek is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Black Creek?

    Rent context available: Black Creek 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 Black Creek a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Black Creek?

    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 Black Creek 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.