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Suburb profile ·Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA · NSW ·2621

Forbes Creek NSW 2621

Forbes Creek is in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2621, with population 62.

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.

$800/wk
Rising
+28.0% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2621 · Jun 2026
$898
$550
Jun 2025Jun 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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Median house
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No local house series
Median rent
$800/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
↑28.0%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
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Need rent + price
Population
62
62 local footprint
D3 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,758
179 added 12mo · 14MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,875
Median rent · wk$450

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
30%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,875/mo, while renters pay about $3,467/mo — renting runs $1,592/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$139K
Median rent · wk
$800
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,875

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$139K household · yr+68.4% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$57K
Family
$169K
Household
$139K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
1,617
2,419 per 100k
D4 vs AU

Crime

lga
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.

1 broad-area layer staged

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 99.4% 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

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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

Bushfire exposure

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Severe exposure ~99.4%
~99.4% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~81.7% 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

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)
Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 85% Public / Open space 15%

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

ABS projection · Queanbeyan Surrounds SA2 area · 2022 base
16,864 people · 202219,788 by 2032 (+17.3%)

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

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

Located in New South Wales within the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area, Forbes Creek is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2621). With a population of 62, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $139K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 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 clerical & administrative, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.

The current median weekly rent is $800. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,875.

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$1,875
Rent · wk(Census)$450
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$800
Property investors · Postcode 2621ATO
Negatively geared9.1%
405 of filers
Avg rental loss$8,540/yr
Landlords (rental income)784
Reported capital gains438
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population62
Median age52
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$2,666
Personal income · wk$1,100
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$2,083 → $2,666
Change+28%
vs NSW median+7.4 pp
Median rent+200%
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Clerical & Administrative8Managers6Professionals4Technicians & Trades4Sales3
Top industriesCensus
Public Admin & Safety10Construction5Retail Trade3Education3
Top ancestryCensus
English28Australian26German6Irish5Dutch5
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
Nearby in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA12
Charleys Forest$785K · 70Williamsdale · 65Boro$730K · 97Harolds Cross$625K · 79Northangera$1.6M · 44Tomboye$900K · 36Durran Durra$1.4M · 114Manar$2.6M · 112Rossi$840K · 117Urila$1.0M · 110Krawarree$965K · 82Wyanbene$780K · 41
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Forbes Creek 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 Forbes Creek 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, transport stops, and population trend data.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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.

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Stronger nearby reads

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

Charleys Forest better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$525/wk

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

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Williamsdale most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$400/wk

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

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

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$332/wk

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

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Forbes Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Forbes Creek in?

    Forbes Creek is in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2621. 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 Forbes Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Forbes Creek is $800/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Forbes Creek?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Forbes Creek rents screen above the local benchmark. 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 Forbes Creek?

    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 Forbes Creek 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.