Crackenback NSW 2627

Located in New South Wales, Crackenback sits 471 km from Sydney CBD, around 5 hours 20 minutes by car. The locality has 213 residents, a median age of 45, and a median household income of $123,448 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The locality grew 8.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $738 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,819. Crackenback is characterised by high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.

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Median Unit Price

Public listings data

Crackenback's unit market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $775,000, roughly 69% above where it sat a year earlier. That said, only nine sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

Units

$775,000

↑ +68.6% year-on-year

Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

By bedrooms

  • 2 bed 6 sales $952K

Houses

$2,000,000

Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Crackenback are currently listed at around $2.2 million on average. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.

$2.2M

4 houses listed in the last 6 months.

5 of the suburb's 50 dwellings (10.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$675/wk
19 bonds
+12% since 2021
2-bed units
$492/wk
12 bonds
+32% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2627 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Is Crackenback safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Crackenback sits in the low band, with 2 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 83% on the prior year.

2 offences

83.3% since 2024
Property Damage 1 (50.0%)
Theft 1 (50.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Crackenback killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Snowy Monaro Regional Council has published 6 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 6 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Crackenback is very car-dependent on foot — at 14/100, nearly all errands require a car.

14
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km 48
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Crackenback.

27
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
84
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 81%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 19%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
3 in locality
Parks & Reserves
3 in locality
Sport & Recreation
4 in locality
Beaches
None
Waterways
12 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Snowy Monaro: council population

The whole council area, not just Crackenback · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
22,396
+0.4% in a year
Change
+91
people since 2024
Density
1.5
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+31
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-67
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+127
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
9/10
9/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
7/10
7/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
8/10
8/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Crackenback is home to 213 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $123,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

213

8.1% since 2016

Median Age

45

9.8% since 2016

Median Household Income

$123,448/yr

32.6% since 2016
Top 14% in NSW

Census Median Rent

$738/wk

321.7% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,819/mo

25.8% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.9

16.0% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$47,268/yr

2.6% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

134.0%

61.4% since 2016

Total Dwellings

50

5.7% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

81.1%

15.2% since 2016

Houses

92.0%

39.4% since 2016

Rental Stress

31.1%

217.3% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

27.4%

44.1% since 2016

Work From Home

28.3%

293.1% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 46 (92.0%)
Flats / Apartments 4 (8.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 32 (60.4%)
Mortgage 11 (20.8%)
Renting 10 (18.9%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
64.3%
English Spoken at Home
81.7%
Employment Rate
69.5%
4.1% since 2016
Completed Year 12
58.7%

Occupations

Managers 27 (20.6%)
Professionals 23 (17.6%)
Labourers 21 (16.0%)
Community & Personal Service 18 (13.7%)
Technicians & Trades 12 (9.2%)
Sales 8 (6.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 7 (5.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 6 (4.6%)

Religion

No Religion 110 (51.6%)
Christianity 73 (34.3%)
Buddhism 7 (3.3%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 19 (8.9%)
Taiwan 9 (4.2%)
Scotland 8 (3.8%)
France 6 (2.8%)
New Zealand 5 (2.3%)
Germany 4 (1.9%)

When They Arrived

Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.

2016-2021 21 (9.9%)
2011-2015 9 (4.2%)
2001-2010 0 (0.0%)
1991-2000 6 (2.8%)
1981-1990 7 (3.3%)
Before 1981 14 (6.6%)

21 residents (9.9%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

German 4 (1.9%)

Age Distribution

5-14 22 (10.3%)
15-19 16 (7.5%)
20-24 9 (4.2%)
25-34 50 (23.5%)
35-44 11 (5.2%)
45-54 28 (13.1%)
55-64 46 (21.6%)
65-74 24 (11.3%)
75-84 4 (1.9%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 17 (50.0%)
Lone Person 14 (41.2%)
One Parent Families 3 (8.8%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 53 (50.0%)
Worked from Home 30 (28.3%)
Walked Only 9 (8.5%)
Car (passenger) 7 (6.6%)
Train 7 (6.6%)

3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (4 of 131).

City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.

Education

Bachelor Degree 40 (18.8%)
Certificate III & IV 33 (15.5%)
Postgraduate Degree 18 (8.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 17 (8.0%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3 (1.4%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 18 (36.7%)
2 cars 5 (10.2%)
3 cars 12 (24.5%)
4+ cars 16 (32.7%)

Council Rates

Snowy Monaro
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,253 a year through Snowy Monaro based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,253/yr
About the NSW average ($1,230) · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Crackenback's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 95%
  • Infrastructure and transport 5%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Snowy Monaro

The whole council area, not just Crackenback · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 72 new dwellings were approved across Snowy Monaro. That mix is 45 houses and 27 units. Approvals are up 28.6% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
72dwellings
+28.6% YoY
Houses
45
detached dwellings
Units
27
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Bega Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Climate & Setting

from Thredbo Village, 19.9 km

High rainfall — mild summers, frosty winters.

Elevation
1,063 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall
1,801 mm
133 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
21.5°C
0 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
-2.4°C
129 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.6%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.12% in 2021
+0.0 points this year

In postcode 2627, 27 of 4,642 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (77 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.2%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.12%
2022
0.11%
2023
0.23%
2024
0.55%
2025
0.58%

Rooftop solar

43
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 9.2 kW each

In postcode 2627, 1,137 rooftop-solar systems totalling 10.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,618 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 102 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
84
2020
122
2021
108
2022
107
2023
124
2024
93
2025
102
2026
45

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$4,042
Loan amount
$620,000
Total interest over 30 years
$835,097

1 mortgage broker is registered in this locality, 4 across postcode 2627.

Deposit
$155,000
Stamp duty
$29,062
Cash needed at settlement
$184,062

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Eden-monaro

Currently held by Kristy Mcbain Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Kristy Mcbain 57.2% 42.8% +1.1
2022 Kristy Mcbain 58.2% 41.8% -7.3
2019 Mike Kelly 50.9% 49.1% +2.1

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Monaro District

Currently held by Steven Whan Labor

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Steven Whan ALP 52.3%
2019 John Barilaro NP 61.6%
2015 John Barilaro NP 52.5%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Crackenback

Is Crackenback a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Crackenback is low (16/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Crackenback?

Crackenback has a high recorded bushfire history (95/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Crackenback?

Crackenback, NSW had a population of 213 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Crackenback, NSW?

The postcode for Crackenback, NSW is 2627.

How far is Crackenback from Sydney?

Crackenback is 471 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 320 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Crackenback?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Crackenback was $123,448 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Crackenback?

There are too few current rental listings in Crackenback for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $738, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Crackenback?

The median age of residents in Crackenback was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Crackenback at risk of bushfire?

Crackenback has a high recorded bushfire history (95/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

Is Crackenback walkable?

Crackenback scores 14/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

What is the weather like in Crackenback?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Crackenback, Thredbo Village (19.9 km away), summer days average 21.5°C, winter nights -2.4°C, 1,801 mm of rain a year over 133 rainy days, and 0 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Crackenback?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Crackenback belong to?

Crackenback sits within the Snowy Monaro local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Crackenback?

The average residential rates bill through Snowy Monaro is $1,253 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Crackenback?

Across Snowy Monaro, 72 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 28.6% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Crackenback in?

Crackenback sits within the federal Division of Eden-monaro, currently held by Kristy Mcbain (Australian Labor Party).

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