Located in New South Wales within the Greater Hume Shire local government area, Walbundrie is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2642). With a population of 156, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Median house prices in Walbundrie stand at $295,000, having risen steeply by 84.4% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $390. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.9%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $795.
Public transport access includes 24 bus stops. The crime rate in the Greater Hume Shire LGA is below average at 2,124 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Gross rental yield sits at around 6.9% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($295K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 4.1x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +84.4% year-on-year.