Located in New South Wales within the Bellingen local government area, Bostobrick is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2453). It is home to about 132 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $51K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% 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 managers, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
Median house prices in Bostobrick stand at $1.8 million, having jumped by 41.6% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $500. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,250.
Public transport access includes 18 bus stops. The crime rate in the Bellingen LGA is below average at 3,351 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.5%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.8M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 34.9x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +41.6% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.