The Branch is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Mid-Coast local government area (postcode 2425). With a population of 130, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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 technicians & trades, managers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The Branch has a median house price of $1.6 million, which has jumped by 40.9% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $420. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,266.
The crime rate in the Mid-Coast LGA is moderate at 4,023 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 are near the state median ($1.6M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 25.1x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +40.9% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.