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Suburb profile ·Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA · NSW ·2620

Burra NSW 2620

Burra is in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2620, with population 790.

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.

$610/wk
Rising
+12.1% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2620 · Jun 2026
$620
$538
Jun 2025Jun 2026
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
$610/wk
Rent context available
12.1%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
790
790 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
8,418
780 added 12mo · 73MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,500
Median rent · wk$380

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitytypical — rents vary ±4.2% 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

21%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,500/mo, while renters pay about $2,643/mo — renting runs $143/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$150K
Median rent · wk
$610
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,500

Household income

$150K household · yr+82.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$68K
Family
$165K
Household
$150K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
1,617
2,419 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,419
Total incidents1,617· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault39661%
  • Sexual Offences11918%
  • Robbery30%
  • Break And Enter13320%

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
Burra NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area, Burra is a close-knit residential community (postcode 2620). With a population of 790, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $150K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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 current median weekly rent is $610. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,500.

The crime rate in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA is below average at 2,419 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,500
Rent · wk(Census)$380
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$610
Property investors · Postcode 2620ATO
Negatively geared7.4%
2,267 of filers
Avg rental loss$8,465/yr
Landlords (rental income)4,384
Reported capital gains2,517
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population790
Median age46
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$2,892
Personal income · wk$1,299
Persons / bedroom0.7
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,156 → $2,892
Change+150.2%
vs NSW median+129.6 pp
Median rent+52%
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Braidwood Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Queanbeyan Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places364
Warrigal Care Queanbeyan132 places
Heritage Queanbeyan110 places
BaptistCare George Forbes House85 places
Braidwood Multi-Purpose Service37 places
Childcare · Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGAACECQA
Services39
Approved places3,148
Exceeding NQS7
Googong OSHClub195 places
TeamKids - St Greg's - Queanbeyan195 places
YMCA South Queanbeyan OSHC145 places
Jerrabomberra Public School - VillageOSHC135 places
Aspire Early Education & Kindergarten Googong134 places
Camp Australia Queanbeyan Public School OSHC120 places
+33 more in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Burra is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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 · 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 Burra 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 lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals, 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.

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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Greenleigh better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$145/wk

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

Royalla better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +300 · adds house price coverage · rent -$80/wk

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

Captains Flat better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop -200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$310/wk

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

Burra FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Burra in?

    Burra is in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2620. Council-level context for Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Burra?

    The median weekly rent in Burra is $610/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Burra?

    Rent context available: Burra 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 Burra?

    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 Burra 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.