South Bathurst, NSW 2795
South Bathurst property market
South Bathurst's busiest market is house rentals, with 53 leases at $515 a week (up) as of July 2026, renting out in about 18 days, with 3-bedroom the most common at around 75%.
House sales come next, with 37 sales at around $629k (up), taking about 41 days to sell (down a lot from 54 days last year), with 3-bedroom the most common at around two-thirds. Then come 6 unit rentals at $485 a week and 5 unit sales at around $586.5k.
Who lives hereA below-average-income, renter-heavy, mixed-age suburb.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
South Bathurst demographics & population
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Who lives in South Bathurst?
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
A strongly multicultural community with deep migrant heritage.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Housing & affordability in South Bathurst
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Income & employment in South Bathurst
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household earns about 1.7× the typical individual here.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Getting around South Bathurst
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
Schools in and around South Bathurst
1 school inside South Bathurst, plus the closest options around it. Families can choose from 13 primary schools in South Bathurst and its surrounds, and 5 high schools covering the secondary years. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
- Within South Bathurst · 1Order by
- 1St Philomena's Catholic Primary School BathurstCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Within suburbState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- Nearby · within 5 km · 18
- 2Scots All Saints CollegeIndependent · Combined · Co-ed · Years K-12 · White Rock · 3.3 kmState RankP Top 50%S Top 50%EnglishP ★★★★★★★★★★S ★★★★★★★★★★MathsP ★★★★★★★★★★S ★★★★★★★★★★Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 3O'Connell Public SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · O'Connell · 3.3 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students282Multilingual1%ICSEA Rank50th
- 4Skillset Senior CollegeIndependent · Special · Co-ed · Years 10-12 · Mitchell · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 5Bathurst South Public SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 6St Stanislaus' CollegeIndependent · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 7MacKillop College BathurstCatholic · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 8Carenne SchoolGovernment · Special · Co-ed · Years U · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 9Bathurst Public SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 10Cathedral Catholic Primary School BathurstCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 11Denison College of Secondary Education, Bathurst High CampusGovernment · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 12The Assumption Catholic Primary School BathurstCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 13Bathurst West Public SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Bathurst · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 14Kelso Public SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Kelso · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 15Denison College of Secondary Education, Kelso High CampusGovernment · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Kelso · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 16Holy Family Catholic Primary School KelsoCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Kelso · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 17Perthville Public SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Perthville · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 18Raglan Public SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Raglan · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 19Eglinton Public SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years K-6 · Eglinton · 3.3 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students282Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
Turnover
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
South Bathurst median house price & rent
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for South Bathurst — choose a property type and size below.
House & unit prices by bedroom
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
South Bathurst property growth
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
Houses
Units
Buying vs renting in South Bathurst
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
How strong is demand, and which way is it heading?
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Sales market velocity
South Bathurst against the neighbourhood
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — South Bathurst in blue, peers in colour.
How fast — and is it getting faster?
Housing supply & months of stock
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Sales market
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | SoldSold (last year)Total sold transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are sold each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
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Rental market
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | LeasedLeased (last year)Total leased transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are leased each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
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Who's transacting — buyers or tenants?
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
South Bathurst — Units & Houses, all bedrooms
South Bathurst median house price & rent history
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Five-year summaryAs of Jun 2026, the median house sale price in South Bathurst rose from $294k (Jul 2021) to $483k (Jun 2026) — +64.3% growth over five years — peaking at $519k between Jan 2025 and Dec 2025. Median house rent went from $320/wk to $311/wk (−2.8%) over the same period. For units, the median sale price rose from $283k to $335k (+18.3%), with rent up from $295/wk to $383/wk (+29.8%) over the same period.
Suburbs near South Bathurst: prices compared
The nearest suburbs to South Bathurst, ranked by distance — each lined up against South Bathurst on the same measures, so the differences jump out at a glance.
Suburbs like South Bathurst
Suburbs anywhere in NSW that behave like South Bathurst — matched on price, growth, selling speed and demand, not on distance. A shortlist of markets that move the same way — including ones far away you'd never think to compare. (Want the suburbs right next door instead? See Nearby markets above.)
South Bathurst vs Blayney: the closest sales-market match trades at a median of $348k against South Bathurst's $462k — about 25% lower, with homes selling in 41 days versus 34 days here.
Comparable sales markets to South Bathurst: Blayney property growth, Wallerawang property market, Cundletown property market, Oberon median house price and Tolland property growth.
South Bathurst's closest rental-market twins: Blayney house prices, Tolland property growth, Cundletown property market, Wallerawang property growth and Oberon median house price. Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
Frequently asked · South Bathurst
26 data-driven answers about South Bathurst's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
What things cost
Prices, rent, yield, ownership costWhat is the median house price in South Bathurst?
#The median house price in South Bathurst, NSW 2795 is $462k as of June 2026, based on 9 sales over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +50.0% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
What is the median unit price in South Bathurst?
#The median unit price in South Bathurst, NSW 2795 is $462k as of June 2026, based on 9 sales over the past 12 months. Units have moved +50.0% year-on-year and currently trade at roughly 100% of the median house price.
How much does it cost to rent in South Bathurst?
#The median weekly house rent in South Bathurst is $352 as of June 2026, drawn from 11 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $352 per week. House rents have moved +50.0% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
How much is rent for a 3 bedroom house in South Bathurst?
#A 3 bedroom house in South Bathurst rents for a median $352 per week as of June 2026, drawn from 11 leases over the past 12 months. Across other house sizes: 2-bedroom $352/week, 4-bedroom $352/week. Unit rents: 2-bedroom $352/week, 3-bedroom $352/week. Figures cover only segments with enough recent leases to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded. The segment breakdown covers rent, yield and days on market for every property type and bedroom count.
What is the gross rental yield in South Bathurst?
#Gross rental yield in South Bathurst is 3.98% for houses and 3.98% for units as of June 2026, compared with the NSW unit median of 3.02%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
How much is a 3 bedroom house in South Bathurst?
#As of June 2026, South Bathurst medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
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| Houses | — | $462k | $462k | $462k | $462k |
| Units | — | $462k | $462k | — | $462k |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
What does it cost to own versus rent at the South Bathurst median?
#At the median South Bathurst house ($462k purchase, $352/week rent), weekly mortgage repayments sit at roughly $476 — about $124 more per week than renting. That gap is the ownership premium. Figures assume 80% LVR, a 6.0% interest rate and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan.
How the market is moving
Speed, supply, growth, cycle phaseWhat are South Bathurst's property market trends?
#South Bathurst's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +50.0% year-on-year and units +50.0%; weekly house rents moved +50.0%; homes now sell in a median 34 days — faster than a year ago by 11; sales supply sits at 1.6 months (severe). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the South Bathurst market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
What does the data say about South Bathurst as an investment?
#As of June 2026 in South Bathurst, house prices rose +50.0% over the year, gross rental yield is 3.98% against a NSW median of 2.32%, houses take a median 34 days to sell, sales supply is 1.6 months (severe). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
How quickly do houses sell in South Bathurst?
#Houses in South Bathurst sell in a median 34 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly similarly at 34 days. Days on market have tightened by 11 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Is South Bathurst a tight or loose property market right now?
#South Bathurst's sales market sits at 1.6 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage) against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is looser at 2.6 months of supply.
Have property prices in South Bathurst gone up or down?
#House prices in South Bathurst moved +50.0% over the 12 months to June 2026, while units moved +50.0%. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
How active is the rental market in South Bathurst?
#South Bathurst's house rental market sits at 2.6 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Saturated (extreme oversupply), with 9 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 1.2 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Where is South Bathurst in its property market cycle?
#South Bathurst's house market is currently in the 'softer_firming' phase as of June 2026 — combining above-median sales velocity nationally with year-on-year tightening in days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
How it compares
Vs state, vs nearby, vs popularHow does South Bathurst compare to other NSW suburbs?
#South Bathurst's median house price ($462k) is 21% below the NSW median ($585k) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 34 days vs 25 days state median. On gross yield, South Bathurst sits at 3.98% vs 2.32% state median.
How does South Bathurst compare to neighbouring suburbs?
#South Bathurst's most-similar nearby market is Blayney (26.8 km away) with a median house price of $348k — about 25% cheaper. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
What's the most popular property type in South Bathurst?
#The most-transacted segment in South Bathurst over the 12 months to June 2026 is 2 bed houses with 6 sales. 3 bed houses come second at 6 sales. The buying-versus-renting section above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
How many properties were sold and leased in South Bathurst last year?
#South Bathurst recorded 6 house sales and 6 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 12 transactions. On the rental side, 9 houses and 9 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
About the area
Population, income, who lives here, schoolsWhat postcode is South Bathurst in?
#South Bathurst is in postcode 2795, in the Central West region of NSW. Addresses there are written as South Bathurst, NSW 2795.
What is the population of South Bathurst?
#South Bathurst, NSW 2795 is home to 1,108 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 24, and the average household holds 1.8 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
What is the median household income in South Bathurst?
#The median household in South Bathurst earns $1k per week — roughly $56k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $640/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
What is the unemployment rate in South Bathurst?
#The unemployment rate in South Bathurst is 50.0% (ABS Census 2021). That sits right around the median for Australian suburbs. The rate counts people who are working or actively looking for work — not a share of all residents. Workforce participation sits at 50%. The local economy section above covers incomes, employment status and the occupation mix.
Do people own or rent in South Bathurst?
#South Bathurst is mostly owner-occupied: about 100% of households are owner-occupiers and 50% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 50% own outright and 50% are paying off a mortgage.
What schools are near South Bathurst?
#South Bathurst has 19 schools within reach, 1 of them inside the suburb itself — including St Philomena's Catholic Primary School Bathurst. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Is South Bathurst a good place to live?
#South Bathurst, NSW 2795 has a population of 1,108, a median age of 24, a median household income around $1k/week, 50% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 19 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
About this data
Methodology and update cadenceWhen was this South Bathurst market data last updated?
#This South Bathurst market data was last updated July 2026, covering the 12 months to June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.