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Suburb profile ·Forbes LGA · NSW ·2877

Mulguthrie NSW 2877

Mulguthrie is in Forbes LGA, NSW, postcode 2877, with population 19.

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.

$290/wk
Falling
-15.9% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2877 · Jun 2026
$400
$290
Jun 2025Jun 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$290/wk
Rent context available
15.9%YoY D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
9,301
9K via Forbes LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,030
34 added 12mo · 8MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$290

Household income

$85K household · yr+2.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$81K
Family
$195K
Household
$85K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
641
6,896 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,896
Total incidents641· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault13750%
  • Sexual Offences4215%
  • Robbery10%
  • Break And Enter9635%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

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

Low broad-area context

About 2.5% 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

Check the property

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

Check the property

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

Low exposure ~2.5%
~2.5% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~0.5% 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

Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 100%

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

6,404 people · 20226,208 by 2032 (-3.1%)

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

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

Located in New South Wales within the Forbes local government area, Mulguthrie is a quiet locality (postcode 2877). With a population of 19, the suburb has a notably youthful population with a median age of 24. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.2% 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, Maltese.

The current median weekly rent is $290.

The crime rate in the Forbes LGA is moderate at 6,896 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.2% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$290
Population growth · Forbes LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)9,301
5-year growth-0.4% CAGR
YoY change-0.2%
20012025
Development · Forbes LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)22
Houses 91%Units 9%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Forbes LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.4%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2877ATO
Negatively geared4%
79 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,918/yr
Landlords (rental income)223
Reported capital gains115
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population19
Median age24
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$1,562
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Forbes LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Lachlan Health Service - Forbespublic
Aged care · Forbes LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places130
Catholic Healthcare Jemalong Residential Village130 places
Childcare · Forbes LGAACECQA
Services6
Approved places501
Exceeding NQS1
Lakeshore Early Learning104 places
Forbes Preschool Incorporated100 places
Forbes Learning Ladder90 places
Goodstart Early Learning Forbes75 places
Bright Beginnings Early Learning Centre70 places
Little Kindy Forbes62 places
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Mulguthrie is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

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 · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 Mulguthrie 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, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Yarrabandai better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$165/wk

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

Derriwong better covered
better market coverage

pop same · rent -$107/wk

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

Mulyandry better covered
better market coverage

pop same · rent -$77/wk

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

Mulguthrie FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mulguthrie in?

    Mulguthrie is in the Forbes Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2877. Council-level context for Forbes LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mulguthrie?

    The median weekly rent in Mulguthrie is $290/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Mulguthrie?

    Rent context available: Mulguthrie 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.

  4. Is Mulguthrie a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mulguthrie show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mulguthrie?

    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.

  6. How often is the Mulguthrie 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.