Yaouk (postcode 2629) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Snowy Monaro Regional local government area. With a population of 20, the suburb has a predominantly older resident base with a median age of 69. Households earn a median income of $65K per year, with an average household size of 1.6 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median house price in Yaouk is $330,000, broadly unchanged over the past year. The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.
The crime rate in the Snowy Monaro Regional LGA is below average at 2,086 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Yaouk shows a gross rental yield of approximately 1.6%, rated as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($330K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 5.1x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year.