Free market report · Data to July 2026
Tenterfield property market
Tenterfield 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 Tenterfield 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 +16%
Modelled 12-month price range
0.0%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Not enough unit sales in Tenterfield for a reliable cycle reading. That's common outside the cities, and honest beats guessed.
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Tenterfield on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Tenterfield.
Population · ABS estimates
7,188
People (2025)
+1.2%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Steady growth. Not a boom town, not going backwards.
Households · Census 2021
55
Median age
$885
Median household income per week
74% own or are paying off their home, 18% 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
52 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are trending up: more supply is coming.
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
3,103
Employed residents
5.7%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
443 more residents are in work than five years ago (+16.7%). That is strong jobs growth, and it usually shows up in housing demand with a lag.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$2m
All sectors, FY26
$322k
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $0k | $9m |
| FY25 | $31m | $32m |
| FY26 | $322k | $2m |
Public building spend has been steady rather than surging. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Tenterfield.
All 38 suburbs and localities in Tenterfield
Acacia Creek · Amosfield · Back Creek · Bolivia · Bookookoorara · Boonoo Boonoo · Boorook · Cottonvale · Cullendore · Drake · Drake Village · Dumaresq Valley · Forest Land · Jennings · Koreelah · Legume · Liston · Lower Acacia Creek · Maryland · Mingoola · Mole River · Rivertree · Rocky River · Ruby Creek · Sandy Flat · Sandy Hill · Silent Grove · Stannum · Tarban · Tenterfield · Timbarra · Torrington · Undercliffe · Upper Tooloom · Urbenville · Willsons Downfall · Woodside · Wylie Creek
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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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