Mountain Lagoon is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Hawkesbury local government area (postcode 2758). It is home to about 78 residents, with a predominantly older resident base and a median age of 55. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 sales, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Median house prices in Mountain Lagoon stand at $620,000, having climbed sharply by 37.8% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $775. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Public transport access includes 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Hawkesbury LGA is below average at 2,655 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 6.5% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($620K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 7.3x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +37.8% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.