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Spring Terrace, 2798

Population

123

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

+1.7%

Median age

50

Median income

$1,812/wk

Employment rate

53.6%

University qualified

25.3%

Work from home

35.3%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Agricultural
  • Rural living
What Spring Terrace is known for: Agricultural, Rural living

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Suburb profile

Spring Terrace is a rural locality in New South Wales, in Cabonne Council.

Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places. Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group, placing it among the highest-ranked rural localities, and university qualifications are more common than in comparable places, with university qualifications 85% above the peer median, and working from home is more common than in comparable places, with working from home 74% above the peer median. Trade-offs centre on lower school ICSEA scores and thinner mapped green cover within the suburb boundary.

Spring Terrace is a better fit for people who value socio-economic advantage and daily services more than school quality.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Rural locality · compared with rural localities in New South Wales (2685)

Strengths

  • Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group
  • Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places
  • University qualifications are more common than in comparable places
  • Working from home is more common than in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • School ICSEA scores are a relative weakness
  • Green cover is a relative weakness

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Spring Terrace compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$525/wk

Population (Census)

123

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

6.7%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

1st

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

33rd

percentile in NSW

Rented dwellings

9%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

10/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

17th

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Housing

All types (January to March 2026)
$525

Median weekly rent from NSW DCJ rent tables. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

Population

Population growth

0.0% annual · +1.7% over 5 years · 33th percentile in NSW

Growth rates are from ABS Estimated Resident Population at SA2 level. Headcount uses 2021 Census when allocated ERP is too low relative to Census to display reliably.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
123
Median age
50
Median household income / week
$1,812
Dwelling vacancy
6.7%
Unoccupied private dwellings
3 of 45
Median monthly mortgage
$1,943
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$238
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
55.3% / 36.2% / 8.5%
Employment rate
53.6%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
35.3% / 0% / 56.9%
Walked or cycled to work
0%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
48 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

25.3% of adults have a university degree, compared with 27.8% across New South Wales. 16.2% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified25.3% · 27.8% NSW
  • Diploma qualified18.2% · 9.3% NSW
  • Trade / vocational16.2% · 15% NSW
  • Year 12 or below40.4% · 47.9% NSW

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Agriculture and environment25%
  • Education16.7%
  • Management and commerce16.7%
  • Health15%
  • Society and culture13.3%
  • Natural and physical sciences8.3%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$60,958

67th percentile in NSW · +4% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$71,386

75th percentile in NSW · +10% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
18.0%

73rd percentile in NSW · +30% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$120,795

90th percentile in NSW · +91% vs Australia

Residents with business income
15.0%

91st percentile in NSW · +44% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 2798 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
1,378
Taxpayers reporting net rent
251
Median net rent
$45
Taxpayers reporting business income
202
Taxable income vs state median
+9%
Salary / wages vs state median
+14%
Rental investment vs state median
+29%
Super vs state median
+72%
Business income vs state median
+50%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in NSW, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

19.6% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 8.5× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.0% across New South Wales.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
19.6%

72nd percentile in NSW · +752% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
10
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 2798

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 2798 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Central West (SA4 103), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12133,765
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 84151,008
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 1214847
  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 1212610
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211590
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 841999
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 841688
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 841284
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841327
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841110

Central West is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 51 · AFF share +880% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

2.7% born overseas

Language at home
118 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
3 (2.7%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
4 (3.3%)
Australian citizens
115

Religion

71.5%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 71.5%, while 17.1% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion17.1%32.8%
Christianity71.5%47.6%
Other / not stated11.4%19.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican28.5%11.9%
Catholic28.5%22.4%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 2798, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
1
Against the person
0
Against property
0
Rate per 1,000 residents
16.9
State crime-rate percentile
1.3th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate)
+0.3%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
2
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
33.9

Most common offence types

  • Coercive Control0
  • Domestic Violence Related Assault0
  • Non-Domestic Violence Related Assault0
  • Sexual Assault0
  • Sexual Touching, Sexual Act And Other Sexual Offences0

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
1
Median school ICSEA
927
Median ICSEA percentile
17th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
3
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
2
School list
  • Spring Terrace Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 927 · 17th percentile · LBOTE 0% · 40 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
School catchments
  • Canobolas RTHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Orange HSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Orange PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Spring Hill PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Spring Terrace PSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Public transport

33 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Forest Rd Opp Evergreen Lane
  • Forest Reefs Rd At Bakers Rd
  • Galbally Property, Cowringa Rd
  • Spring Terrace Public School, Forest Rd
  • Tillouri Property, Spring Terrace Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

  • Timetables Complete GTFS stops (© Transport for NSW, CC BY 4.0) — Transport for NSW — Open Data Hub · current · Updated · Nightly GTFS feed

Amenities

2 mapped amenities

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • A car helps for daily needs
  • Well connected by public transport — 33 public transport stops
Walkability proxy
30/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Community(1)
  • Spring Terrace Public SchoolSchool

    573 Forest Road, Spring Terrace

Sport & outdoors(1)
  • Sports field

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
0
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
28°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Orange Health Service (10.0 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
1
Participants per 1,000 residents
16.9

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
28° / 14°
Rainfall
191 mm · ~24 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
21° / 9°
Rainfall
164 mm · ~20 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
12° / 3°
Rainfall
216 mm · ~27 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
19° / 8°
Rainfall
226 mm · ~28 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from NSW Planning Portal.

2026· 2 proposals

  • June 2026

  • Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure
    42 COWRIGA ROAD SPRING TERRACE 2798Determined

  • February 2026

  • Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure
    42 COWRIGA ROAD SPRING TERRACE 2798Determined
2025· 1 proposal

  • September 2025

  • Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Residential Accommodation
    41 HOLMES ROAD SPRING TERRACE 2798Determined
2024· 1 proposal

  • April 2024

  • Shed; Erection of a new structure
    1705 FOREST REEFS ROAD SPRING TERRACE 2798Determined
2023· 2 proposals

  • September 2023

  • Erection of a new structure; Farm building
    422 FOREST ROAD SPRING TERRACE 2798Determined

  • February 2023

  • Shed
    422 FOREST ROAD SPRING TERRACE 2798Determined

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping. Flood cover uses NSW flood planning polygons against the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Calare
Member of Parliament
Andrew GEE (Independent)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
124,664
Turnout (2025)
92.7%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+3.2 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 62.3%Labor 37.7%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 13.1 km away).

Coalition 63.9%Labor 36.1%

1.7 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +10.4 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Spring TerraceLabor 35.9% · Coalition 64.1% TPP (2025)1.1 km away
  • Spring HillLabor 34.7% · Coalition 65.3% TPP (2025)5.3 km away
  • LucknowLabor 30.1% · Coalition 69.8% TPP (2025)9.1 km away
  • MillthorpeLabor 36.0% · Coalition 64.0% TPP (2025)9.6 km away
  • CanobolasLabor 38.7% · Coalition 61.3% TPP (2025)11.7 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
10/10
IRSD decile (2021)
10/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

More in Cabonne Council

Other suburbs in the same local government area.

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of New South Wales.