Fosters Valley NSW 2795

Fosters Valley sits 232 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 3 hours 20 minutes by car. Census data records 72 residents with a median age of 49 and a median household income of $107,224 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population fell 12.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median monthly mortgage of $1,885. Walkability is low.

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Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$562/wk
122 bonds
+44% since 2021
2-bed units
$460/wk
27 bonds
+49% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2795 (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.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

110 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2795.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Is Fosters Valley safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Fosters Valley sits in the low band, with 2 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 50% on the prior year.

2 offences

50.0% since 2024
Drug Offences 1 (50.0%)
Weapons Offences 1 (50.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Fosters Valley 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

Bathurst Regional Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 8 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Fosters Valley is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 16% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
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

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Fosters Valley.

21
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
21
Technology mix
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 62%
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 38%

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
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
16 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

Bathurst: council population

The whole council area, not just Fosters Valley · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
45,359
+0.8% in a year
Change
+360
people since 2024
Density
12
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+207
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-12
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+165
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
10/10
9/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
10/10
10/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
8/10
7/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Fosters Valley is home to 72 residents, with a median age of 49, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $107,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

72

12.2% since 2016

Median Age

49

4.3% since 2016

Median Household Income

$107,224/yr

43.5% since 2016

Census Median Rent

—

Census Median Mortgage

$1,885/mo

59.3% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.7

8.0% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$36,712/yr

6.8% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

0.0%

Total Dwellings

28

7.7% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

100.0%

no change since 2016

Houses

100.0%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

—

Mortgage Stress

21.1%

11.1% since 2016

Work From Home

36.4%

219.3% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 28 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 14 (58.3%)
Mortgage 10 (41.7%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
87.5%
English Spoken at Home
98.6%
Employment Rate
49.2%
16.5% since 2016
Completed Year 12
37.5%

Occupations

Managers 8 (28.6%)
Community & Personal Service 5 (17.9%)
Professionals 4 (14.3%)
Technicians & Trades 4 (14.3%)
Labourers 3 (10.7%)

Religion

Christianity 45 (62.5%)
No Religion 29 (40.3%)

Age Distribution

0-4 4 (5.6%)
5-14 3 (4.2%)
15-19 3 (4.2%)
25-34 8 (11.1%)
35-44 5 (6.9%)
45-54 16 (22.2%)
55-64 10 (13.9%)
65-74 16 (22.2%)
75-84 3 (4.2%)
85+ 3 (4.2%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 10 (58.8%)
Lone Person 4 (23.5%)
One Parent Families 3 (17.6%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 14 (63.6%)
Worked from Home 8 (36.4%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 12 (16.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9 (12.5%)
Bachelor Degree 6 (8.3%)
Postgraduate Degree 4 (5.6%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 3 (10.7%)
2 cars 9 (32.1%)
3 cars 4 (14.3%)
4+ cars 5 (17.9%)

Council Rates

Bathurst
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,301 a year through Bathurst based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,301/yr
6% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Fosters Valley's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 100%

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: Bathurst

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

In the year to August 2026, 177 new dwellings were approved across Bathurst. That mix is 146 houses and 31 units. Approvals are down 22.9% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
177dwellings
-22.9% YoY
Houses
146
detached dwellings
Units
31
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Bathurst 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.

Air Quality

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 5.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

Days over the limit in 2025: ozone 0.

From the Bathurst monitoring station, 24.8 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Bathurst Ag Station Comparison, 21.6 km

Moderate rainfall — warm summers, frosty winters.

Elevation
931 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall
666 mm
75 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
28.4°C
9 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
1.1°C
57 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

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.01% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2795, 162 of 38,049 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.6% (982 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.0%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.01%
2022
0.06%
2023
0.13%
2024
0.30%
2025
0.43%

Rooftop solar

47
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 7.5 kW each

In postcode 2795, 8,432 rooftop-solar systems totalling 62.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 18,027 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 533 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
642
2020
764
2021
1,058
2022
770
2023
675
2024
595
2025
493
2026
304

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

Federal Electorate

Division of Calare

Currently held by Andrew Gee Independent

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Andrew Gee 37.7% 62.3% +3.2
2022 Andrew Gee 34.5% 65.5% +2.2
2019 Andrew Gee 36.7% 63.3% +1.5

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

Bathurst District

Currently held by Paul Toole The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Paul Toole NP 73.6%
2019 Paul Toole NP 67.9%
2015 Paul Toole NP 65.8%

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 Fosters Valley

Is Fosters Valley a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Fosters Valley is low (12/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Fosters Valley?

Fosters Valley has a low recorded bushfire history (12/100, 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 Fosters Valley?

Fosters Valley, NSW had a population of 72 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Fosters Valley, NSW?

The postcode for Fosters Valley, NSW is 2795.

How far is Fosters Valley from Sydney?

Fosters Valley is 232 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 199 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Fosters Valley?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Fosters Valley was $107,224 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median age in Fosters Valley?

The median age of residents in Fosters Valley was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Fosters Valley at risk of bushfire?

Fosters Valley has a low recorded bushfire history (12/100). 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.

What is the air quality in Fosters Valley?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Fosters Valley (Bathurst) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.3 µg/m³. That puts Fosters Valley below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Fosters Valley?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Fosters Valley, Bathurst Ag Station Comparison (21.6 km away), summer days average 28.4°C, winter nights 1.1°C, 666 mm of rain a year over 75 rainy days, and 9 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Fosters Valley?

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 Fosters Valley belong to?

Fosters Valley sits within the Bathurst local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Fosters Valley?

The average residential rates bill through Bathurst is $1,301 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Fosters Valley?

Across Bathurst, 177 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 22.9% 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 Fosters Valley in?

Fosters Valley sits within the federal Division of Calare, currently held by Andrew Gee (Independent).

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