Fords Bridge NSW 2840
Fords Bridge is in Bourke LGA, NSW, postcode 2840, with population 30.
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Fords Bridge has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Fords Bridge has usable rent context. Postcode-derived rent for 2840. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
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Rent context available
Fords Bridge has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $350/wk.
Postcode-derived rent for 2840. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Fords Bridge has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Property prices, Market rent, Crime, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Schools, Hospitals, Transport
Fords Bridge currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Recent price movement shows visible market momentum.
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.
Schools, Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Fords Bridge 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.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
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This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
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.
If Fords Bridge feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop same · house +$250K
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop same · house +$343.9000000000001K · rent -$270/wk
Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.
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Fords Bridge NSW
Fords Bridge is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Bourke local government area (postcode 2840). With a population of 30, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 +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, machinery operators & drivers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Fords Bridge is $1.8 million, having surged 144.8% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $350. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,500.
The crime rate in the Bourke LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Fords Bridge offers a gross rental yield of 1.0%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.8M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 17.9x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +144.8% year-on-year. Population growth of -2.4% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Fords Bridge is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Bourke local government area (postcode 2840). With a population of 30, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 +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, machinery operators & drivers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Fords Bridge is $1.8 million, having surged 144.8% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $350. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,500.
The crime rate in the Bourke LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Fords Bridge offers a gross rental yield of 1.0%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.8M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 17.9x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +144.8% year-on-year. Population growth of -2.4% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Fords Bridge FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Fords Bridge in?
Fords Bridge 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.
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What is the median house price in Fords Bridge?
The current median house price in Fords Bridge, NSW is $1.8M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Fords Bridge?
The median weekly rent in Fords Bridge is $350/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Fords Bridge?
Rent context available: Fords Bridge 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.
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Is Fords Bridge a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Fords Bridge show: Low Yield, Near Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Fords Bridge?
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.
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How often is the Fords Bridge 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.