Northern Rivers · 750 km to Sydney CBD · snapshot 2026-06-01
Border-economy market riding Gold Coast employment with NSW pricing. Hospital anchor new; insurance costs are the caveat.
Median house
$1.05m
Units $720k
5-yr growth
6.2%
1y 3.0% · 10y 6.8% p.a.
Gross yield
3.6%
Units 4.6% · annual rent ÷ price
Vacancy
1.4%
38 days on market · 250 listings
Owner-occupier share
62%
Higher = more stable holding base
Population growth
1.8% p.a.
ABS-pattern projection
Supply ratio
1.10
Approvals ÷ household formation — >1.3 = oversupply watch
Sentiment index
56/100
Clearance 54% · vacancy 1.4% · search +10%
Reconstructed from growth-rate bands in the indicative dataset — Phase 1 replaces this with NSW Valuer General bulk sales.
| Point | Houses | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $583k | $400k |
| 2017 | $658k | $451k |
| 2018 | $709k | $486k |
| 2019 | $715k | $491k |
| 2020 | $768k | $527k |
| 2021 | $867k | $594k |
| 2022 | $903k | $619k |
| 2023 | $912k | $625k |
| 2024 | $978k | $671k |
| 2025 | $1.04m | $717k |
| 2026 | $1.05m | $720k |
Modelled on NSW Valuer General sales patterns, ABS census & building approvals, RBA lending indicators, and published auction clearance data. Full methodology.