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Suburb profile ·Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional LGA · NSW ·2722

Darbalara NSW 2722

Darbalara is in Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2722, with population 62.

Median house $1.1M -38.9% YoY
Median rent $325/wk Market rent signal
Gross yield 1.5% Low yield band
Population 62 62 local footprint
Schools No matched school data
Decision trust

Verify-heavy evidence

Darbalara depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Crime, Schools, and Hospitals.

2
Available
1
Verify
5
Missing
COMPARE OR CHECK NEARBY Verify fallback signals manually and compare against stronger nearby suburbs before treating this as a shortlist candidate.
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Source & freshness

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
Manual release files still matter here.

Manual release files parsed into suburb prices

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

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 · 2015-Q4 · Manual release refresh
medium stability · manual file · conditional refresh · release-based
Available
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
BOCSAR · No linked local crime series
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 6 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 Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
Evidence depth
Verify-heavy evidence

Darbalara depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Crime, Schools, and Hospitals.

Next step

Verify fallback signals manually and compare against stronger nearby suburbs before treating this as a shortlist candidate.

Direct
2

Property prices, Transport

Verify
1

Market rent

Missing
5

Crime, Schools, Hospitals, Population growth

Decision intelligence
Thin-context

Darbalara currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.

Recommended next step

Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.

Decisive gaps

Schools

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Use as context

Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Darbalara 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, crime coverage, and population trend data.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, crime coverage, population trend data, and building approvals. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

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

Gobarralong most similar
similar price band similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$100K · rent -$175/wk

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

Muttama most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +100 · house -$237.5K · rent -$80/wk

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

Burra Creek most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$570K · rent -$205/wk

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

Why people look here Intent
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Local signals Mixed
Schools: No local school matches exposed.
Crime: No local crime dataset linked.
Transport: 6 matched stops/stations across local feeds.

Price history

HousesUnits

Full data detail

Darbalara NSW

Postcode 2722 · Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional LGA

Darbalara is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional local government area (postcode 2722). With a population of 62, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 29. Households earn a median income of $111K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median house price in Darbalara is $1.1 million, having dropped significantly 38.9% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $325 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.

Public transport access includes 6 bus stops.

From an investment perspective, Darbalara offers a gross rental yield of 1.5%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.1M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 10.0x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -38.9% year-on-year.

Investment signals
Rental Yield1.5% Low Yield
Price vs State$1.1M/$1.5M Near Median
Affordability10.0x Moderate
Price Momentum-38.9% Falling
SEIFA index (ABS) — 1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged
Advantage8/10
Education9/10
Economic9/10
Disadvantage9/10
Latest prices (state valuers)
Median house
$1.1M
-38.9% YoY
Census 2021 (ABS)
Median rent /wk
$325
Population
62
Demographics
Median age29
Household size3.1
HH income /wk$2,125
Personal income /wk$850
Mortgage /mth$1,517
Transport
Bus stops6
Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · 2015-Q4 · Release dataset
Available
Market rent
State rent dataset · No market rent source linked
Missing
Crime
BOCSAR
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS · Stop-level feed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals
Missing
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: 2025
Sources: ABS Census 2021 · ABS dwelling prices · State Valuers General · ATO income · ACARA schools · AIHW hospitals · GTFS · state police

Darbalara FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Darbalara in?

    Darbalara is in the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2722. Council-level context for Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Darbalara?

    The current median house price in Darbalara, NSW is $1.1M, 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 Darbalara?

    The median weekly rent in Darbalara is $325/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  4. Is Darbalara a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Darbalara?

    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 Darbalara 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.