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Suburb profile ·Bourke LGA · NSW ·2840

Enngonia NSW 2840

Enngonia is in Bourke LGA, NSW, postcode 2840, with population 183.

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.

$280/wk
Rising
+12.0% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2840 · Jun 2026
$375
$190
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
$280/wk
Rent context available
12.0%YoY D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,310
2K via Bourke LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
849
13 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$160
Investor profile

Who invests in Enngonia

Owner-occupied 59%Rented 41%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared6.8%
98 of 173 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,911/yr
Landlords (rental income)173
Reported capital gains47
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

41% of homes here are owner-occupied and 28% rented, with 7% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 41% owner-occupier / 28% renter mix.

What to check

Social housing is 30% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$81K
Median rent · wk
$280

Household income

$81K household · yr-1.3% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$67K
Household
$81K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (54 households)29.6% social housing
Owned outright
28%
Owned with mortgage
13%
Rented
28%
Dwelling structure21.7% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
83%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 40% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 26% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA600
Students11
Government1
  • Enngonia Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 600
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
574

Crime

Rate · per 100k0
Total incidents574· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault18252%
  • Sexual Offences288%
  • Robbery21%
  • Break And Enter14140%

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

Severe broad-area context

About 96.5% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

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

Check the property

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

Severe exposure ~96.5%
~96.5% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~1.3% 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 92% Public / Open space 7%

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

3,515 people · 20223,401 by 2032 (-3.2%)

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

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

Located in New South Wales within the Bourke local government area, Enngonia is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2840). With a population of 183, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $81K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -2.4% 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, clerical & administrative, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Australian.

The current median weekly rent is $280.

Enngonia is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 600, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Bourke LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -2.4% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-2.4% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$160
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$280
Population growth · Bourke LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,310
5-year growth-1.4% CAGR
YoY change-2.4%
20012025
Development · Bourke LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)4
Houses4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Bourke LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.7%
YoY change-1.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2840ATO
Negatively geared6.8%
98 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,911/yr
Landlords (rental income)173
Reported capital gains47
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population183
Median age37
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$1,562
Personal income · wk$634
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,031 → $1,562
Change+51.5%
vs NSW median+30.9 pp
Median rent+23.1%
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Bourke LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Bourke Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Aged care · Bourke LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places27
Bourke Multi-Purpose Service15 places
Whiddon Bourke12 places
Childcare · Bourke LGAACECQA
Services4
Approved places137
Exceeding NQS0
BDCS - Childcare (9b)39 places
BDCS - Outside School Hours Care39 places
BDCS - Preschool (9a)39 places
Bourke Public School Early Years Transition Centre20 places
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Enngonia carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 Enngonia 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage and transport stops. 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

North Bourke better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

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

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

Bourke better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +1500 · adds house price coverage · rent -$100/wk

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

Wanaaring most similar
similar rent profile

pop -100 · rent -$155/wk

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

Enngonia FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Enngonia in?

    Enngonia is in the Bourke Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2840. Council-level context for Bourke LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Enngonia?

    The median weekly rent in Enngonia is $280/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Enngonia?

    Rent context available: Enngonia 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 Enngonia a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Enngonia?

    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 Enngonia 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.