Walcha Road NSW 2354
Walcha Road is in Walcha LGA, NSW, postcode 2354, with population 72.
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Walcha Road has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Transport. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Walcha Road has usable rent context. Postcode-derived rent for 2354. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
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Rent context available
Walcha Road has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $302/wk.
Postcode-derived rent for 2354. Multiple suburbs can share this rental market signal.
Walcha Road has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Property prices, Market rent, Crime, and Transport. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Property prices, Market rent, Crime, Transport
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Schools, Hospitals
Walcha Road currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Premium pricing raises the bar for yield, affordability, and downside checks. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
Schools
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Walcha Road 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.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
The main gaps on this page are school matches and hospital coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
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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.
If Walcha Road feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop +2400 · house -$1612.5K · rent -$99/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop same · house -$2750K · rent +$18/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
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Walcha Road NSW
Walcha Road is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Walcha local government area (postcode 2354). With a population of 72, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $67K 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 -0.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, 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 public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Walcha Road is $3.2 million, having surged 113.3% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $302. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 0.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,056.
Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Walcha LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Walcha Road offers a gross rental yield of 0.5%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($3.2M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 47.7x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +113.3% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.3% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Walcha Road is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Walcha local government area (postcode 2354). With a population of 72, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $67K 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 -0.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, 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 public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Walcha Road is $3.2 million, having surged 113.3% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $302. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 0.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,056.
Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Walcha LGA is low at 0 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Walcha Road offers a gross rental yield of 0.5%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($3.2M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 47.7x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +113.3% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.3% year-on-year indicates declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Walcha Road FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Walcha Road in?
Walcha Road is in the Walcha Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2354. Council-level context for Walcha LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the median house price in Walcha Road?
The current median house price in Walcha Road, NSW is $3.2M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Walcha Road?
The median weekly rent in Walcha Road is $302/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Walcha Road?
Rent context available: Walcha Road 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.
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Is Walcha Road a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Walcha Road show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Walcha Road?
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.
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How often is the Walcha Road 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.