Ilford NSW 2850
Ilford is in Mid-Western Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2850, with population 165.
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Ilford has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Schools. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Ilford has usable rent context. Postcode-derived rent for 2850. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
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Rent context available
Ilford has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $570/wk.
Postcode-derived rent for 2850. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Ilford has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Schools. 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, Schools
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Hospitals, Population growth, Building approvals
Ilford currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
No decisive evidence gap was detected from the current inputs.
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Ilford 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 hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
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 Ilford feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop same · house -$110K · rent -$320/wk
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
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Ilford NSW
Ilford is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Mid-Western Regional local government area (postcode 2850). With a population of 165, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $49K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 technicians & trades, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median house price in Ilford is $960,000, having dropped significantly 30.2% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $570. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,062.
Ilford is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 964, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Mid-Western Regional LGA is below average at 3,271 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Ilford offers a gross rental yield of 3.1%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($960K/$1.5M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 19.8x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -30.2% year-on-year.
Ilford is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Mid-Western Regional local government area (postcode 2850). With a population of 165, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $49K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 technicians & trades, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median house price in Ilford is $960,000, having dropped significantly 30.2% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $570. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,062.
Ilford is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 964, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 10 bus stops. The crime rate in the Mid-Western Regional LGA is below average at 3,271 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Ilford offers a gross rental yield of 3.1%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($960K/$1.5M), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 19.8x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -30.2% year-on-year.
Ilford FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Ilford in?
Ilford is in the Mid-Western Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2850. Council-level context for Mid-Western Regional 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 Ilford?
The current median house price in Ilford, NSW is $960K, 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 Ilford?
The median weekly rent in Ilford is $570/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 Ilford?
Rent context available: Ilford 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 Ilford a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Ilford show: Moderate Yield, Below 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 Ilford?
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 Ilford 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.