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Suburb profile ·Mid-Western Regional LGA · NSW ·2849

Olinda NSW 2849

Olinda is in Mid-Western Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2849, with population 32.

Limited data

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$450/wk
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 10 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2849 · Jun 2026 · sparse signal
$820
$400
Jun 2025Jun 2026
What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$450/wk
Rent context available
≈D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
32
32 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
471
36 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
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

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
28%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$450

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$85K household · yr+2.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$94K
Household
$85K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
890
3,395 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

lga
Rate · per 100k3,395
Total incidents890· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault26957%
  • Sexual Offences11925%
  • Robbery31%
  • Break And Enter7917%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

1 broad-area layer staged

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

Severe broad-area context

About 97.7% 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

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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

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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

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Severe exposure ~97.7%
~97.7% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~60.1% 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

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)
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

ABS projection · Mudgee Surrounds - East SA2 area · 2022 base
3,366 people · 20223,331 by 2032 (-1.0%)

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

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

Olinda is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Mid-Western Regional local government area (postcode 2849). The area has roughly 32 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $85K 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 managers, technicians & trades, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English.

The current median weekly rent is $450.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Mid-Western Regional LGA is below average at 3,395 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth—
Rent · wk(Census)—
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$450
Property investors · Postcode 2849ATO
Negatively geared7%
59 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,521/yr
Landlords (rental income)121
Reported capital gains68
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population32
Median age48
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$866
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,375 → $1,625
Change+18.2%
vs NSW median-2.4 pp
stablevs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Managers4Technicians & Trades3Labourers3
Top industriesCensus
Agriculture8Construction3
Top ancestryCensus
Australian14English12
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
Hospitals · Mid-Western Regional LGAAIHW
Public3
Private0
Gulgong Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Mudgee Health Servicepublic
Rylstone Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Aged care · Mid-Western Regional LGAGEN
Facilities7
Residential places293
Kanandah Hostel96 places
Whiddon Mudgee Pioneer81 places
Mudgee Grove Care Community42 places
Wenonah Lodge25 places
Rylstone Multi-Purpose Service24 places
Ada Cottage19 places
+1 more in Mid-Western Regional LGA
Childcare · Mid-Western Regional LGAACECQA
Services17
Approved places974
Exceeding NQS2
Mudgee Little Learners155 places
Kiddie Academy Mudgee152 places
Squeakers Childcare Centre69 places
Milestones Early Learning Mudgee63 places
Mudgee Community Preschool Incorporated60 places
PCYC - Out of School Hours Cudgegong60 places
+11 more in Mid-Western Regional LGA
Nearby in Mid-Western Regional LGA12
Riverlea$860K · 32Avisford$330K · 45Apple Tree Flat$1.2M · 46Wilbetree · 35Green Gully$260K · 49Collingwood$490K · 51Carwell · 28Pyangle · 37Wollar$223K · 52Carcalgong$173K · 45Aarons Pass · 33Dabee · 42
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Olinda is usable as a read, though 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 · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Olinda 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, population trend data, and building approvals.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

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

Riverlea better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage

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

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Avisford better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$70/wk

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

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Apple Tree Flat better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$30/wk

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

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Olinda FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Olinda in?

    Olinda is in the Mid-Western Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2849. Council-level context for Mid-Western Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Olinda?

    The median weekly rent in Olinda is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Olinda?

    Rent context available: Olinda 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. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Olinda?

    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.

  5. How often is the Olinda 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.