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Suburb profile ·Dubbo Regional LGA · NSW ·2866

Cundumbul NSW 2866

Cundumbul is in Dubbo Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2866, with population 44.

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$475/wk
Rising
+13.8% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2866 · Jun 2026
$480
$350
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. Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.

Median house
$3.9M
House median, latest period
0.0%YoY D10 vs AU
Median rent
$475/wk
Rent context available
13.8%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
0.6%
Low yield band
D1 vs AU
Population
44
44 local footprint
D3 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
650
39 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

Trend & investor depth

Indicative cashflow-$3,435/wk (-$178,595/yr) · interest-only @ 6.4%, 80% LVR
Value vs advantage+245% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 7)

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).

Mortgage affordability

232%
of household income to service a new loan
52.6 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Severe
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRenting cheaper

New-loan repayment $18,864/mo vs median rent $2,058/mo (+816% · +$3878/wk)

If rates move

At 4.2%: $15,062/mo (-3,802) · at 6.2% (current): $18,864/mo · at 8.2%: $23,031/mo (+4,167)

Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.

Stronger alternatives nearby

Higher yield

similar price · cross-LGA

More affordable

lower price-to-income

Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.

Affordability

Buying
39.5x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
25%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,517/mo, while renters pay about $2,058/mo — renting runs $541/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$3.85M
Household income · yr
$98K
Median rent · wk
$475
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,517
Gross yield
0.6%

Household income

$98K household · yr+18.4% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$117K
Household
$98K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
3,897
6,837 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,837
Total incidents3,897· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault1,12762%
  • Sexual Offences26715%
  • Robbery271%
  • Break And Enter39322%

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

Bushfire-prone land

Low broad-area context

About 12.3% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

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

Check the property

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

Bushfire exposure

Low exposure ~12.3%
~12.3% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~6.9% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 99% Other 1%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

8,941 people · 20229,174 by 2032 (+2.6%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Wellington SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

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

Cundumbul (postcode 2866) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Dubbo Regional local government area. It is home to about 44 residents, with an established family demographic and a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 3 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median house price in Cundumbul is $3.9 million, broadly unchanged over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $475. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 0.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Dubbo Regional LGA is moderate at 6,837 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Cundumbul shows a gross rental yield of approximately 0.6%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($3.9M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 39.5x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield0.6% Low Yield
Price vs State$3.9M/$1.5M Above Median
Affordability39.5x Stretched
Price Momentum+0.0%· Stable
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$1,517
Rent · wk(Census)$120
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$475
Gross yield0.2%
Price / income39.5x
Property investors · Postcode 2866ATO
Negatively geared5.3%
93 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,604/yr
Landlords (rental income)266
Reported capital gains170
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population44
Median age38
Household size3
HH income · wk$1,875
Personal income · wk$687
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$2,125 → $1,875
Change-11.8%
vs NSW median-32.4 pp
softeningvs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
Hospitals · Dubbo Regional LGAAIHW
Public3
Private1
Dubbo Hospitalpublic
Lourdes Hospital Dubbopublic
Wellington Health Servicepublic
Dubbo Private Hospitalprivate
Aged care · Dubbo Regional LGAGEN
Facilities12
Residential places632
Orana Gardens125 places
Kintyre Lodge - Dubbo81 places
Dubbo Homestead Care Community80 places
Maranatha House80 places
Bracken House Dubbo74 places
RFBI Dubbo Masonic Village70 places
+6 more in Dubbo Regional LGA
Childcare · Dubbo Regional LGAACECQA
Services39
Approved places3,041
Exceeding NQS8
Eden Academy Dubbo138 places
Aspiring Early Learners132 places
Hawthorn Street Early Learning Centre Pty Ltd130 places
Kidscape Early Learning Centre Dubbo130 places
Nature's Academy Early Learning Spitfire Drive125 places
Imagine Childcare and Preschool Blueridge Park124 places
+33 more in Dubbo Regional LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Cundumbul 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 · 2022 · 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
Available
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 · 2 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Cundumbul 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, population trend data, and building approvals.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Curra Creek most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$3290K · rent -$325/wk

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

Spicers Creek most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$325/wk

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

Comobella most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$350/wk

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

Cundumbul FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cundumbul in?

    Cundumbul is in the Dubbo Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2866. Council-level context for Dubbo Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Cundumbul?

    The current median house price in Cundumbul, NSW is $3.9M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Cundumbul?

    The median weekly rent in Cundumbul is $475/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Cundumbul?

    Rent context available: Cundumbul 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.

  5. Is Cundumbul a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Cundumbul show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Cundumbul?

    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.

  7. How often is the Cundumbul 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.