Garthowen is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Tamworth Regional local government area (postcode 2345). The area has roughly 169 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $109K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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 technicians & trades, professionals, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward education and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Median house prices in Garthowen sit at $685,000, little changed on a year ago. The median weekly rent is $180 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.
Public transport access includes 16 bus stops. The crime rate in the Tamworth Regional LGA is moderate at 7,140 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.4%, which reads as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($685K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 6.3x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year.