Free market report · Data to July 2026

Nambucca Valley property market

Nambucca Valley is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.

Houses · cycle position

Peak

The Nambucca Valley house market is growing at its fastest pace in the current cycle. That is a momentum reading, not a crash call: markets can sit at peak growth for a long time before easing.

-2% to +14%

Modelled 12-month price range

+4.5%

Modelled 12-month rent change

Units · cycle position

Slowing

The unit market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.

-14% to +17%

Modelled 12-month price range

0.0%

Modelled 12-month rent change

The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Nambucca Valley on the clock.

The people

Who lives in Nambucca Valley.

Population · ABS estimates

21,237

People (2025)

+0.9%

Growth per year, last 5 years

Steady growth. Not a boom town, not going backwards.

Households · Census 2021

52

Median age

$976

Median household income per week

73% own or are paying off their home, 23% rent. An owner-occupier market at heart, which tends to steady prices through the cycle.

New supply

What's being approved to build.

Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.

Dwellings approved · ABS

FY24
141
FY25
81
FY26
147

133 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are roughly steady year to year.

Jobs and investment

Who's working, and what's being spent.

Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.

Jobs · SALM, March 2026

8,125

Employed residents

6.2%

Unemployment (national 4.2%)

1,315 more residents are in work than five years ago (+19.3%). That is strong jobs growth, and it usually shows up in housing demand with a lag.

Non-residential building approved · ABS

$14m

All sectors, FY26

$843k

Public sector (government projects)

YearGovernmentAll non-residential
FY24 $3m $9m
FY25 $2m $19m
FY26 $843k $14m

Public building spend has eased from its recent peak. Worth checking what was just completed versus what is next. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.

Inside the LGA

The suburbs of Nambucca Valley.

We hold live snapshot data for one suburb in Nambucca Valley. Click through for the full numbers.

Suburb Typical price Rent/wk Gross yield 1yr growth
Macksville $769,311 $620 4.2% +10%
All 35 suburbs and localities in Nambucca Valley

Allgomera · Argents Hill · Bakers Creek · Bowraville · Brinerville · Buckra Bendinni · Burrapine · Congarinni · Congarinni North · Eungai Creek · Eungai Rail · Girralong · Gumma · Hyland Park · Killiekrankie · Macksville · Missabotti · Nambucca Heads · Newee Creek · North Macksville · Scotts Head · South Arm · Talarm · Tamban · Taylors Arm · Tewinga · Thumb Creek · Upper Taylors Arm · Utungun · Valla · Valla Beach · Warrell Creek · Way Way · Wirrimbi · Yarranbella

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This page is the public data. The full report is the licensed feed: 10 years of prices, rents and vacancy over time, days on market, demand, and the supply pipeline, for Nambucca Valley or any suburb in it. Same data we run for clients. I pull it and email it through, usually within a business day. No charge, and no 14-part email sequence after it.

General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.

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