White Rock is a suburb in New South Wales, 211 km from Sydney CBD, around 3 hours by car. Population is 807; the median age is 38 and the median household income is $133,224 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 1.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $310 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is White Rock a good suburb?
White Rock scores a B (64/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety and community, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 19/100 · 210.6 km · 181 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $1.84M · Pricier than 83% of NSW
Low all-round risk
Fire 19/100 · Crime 12/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 38 · 807 residents
Liveability Rating
64 / 100 · Ranked #424 in NSWEach bar is White Rock's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
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Our score
64 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWhite Rock's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.84 million, 0.4% below where it sat a year earlier.
$1,844,000
Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 40 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 5 bed 6 sales $1.84M
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 2025110 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 White Rock safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in White Rock sits in the low band, with 4 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 33% on the prior year.
4 offences
33.3% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb 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.
Schools
One school serve White Rock, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 779 students in one school (avg 779)
Combined
Walkability
White Rock is very car-dependent on foot — at 19/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside White Rock.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 7.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 2.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 9.2 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in White Rock.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 47%
- Premises covered
- 254
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
Bathurst: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
White Rock is home to 807 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $133,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
807
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$133,224/yr
Census Median Rent
$310/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
3.2
Median Personal Income
$36,244/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
7.5%
Total Dwellings
212
Owner-Occupier Rate
94.9%
Houses
99.5%
Rental Stress
12.1%
Mortgage Stress
19.5%
Work From Home
19.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 89.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 94.1%
- Employment Rate
- 60.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 37.8%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
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.
18 residents (2.2%) 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.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
5.2% of residents (41) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (38).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 783 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (4 of 390).
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
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,301 a year through Bathurst based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 94%
- Residential 6%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Bathurst
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.
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
MODERATEPM2.5 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, 8.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Bathurst Airport AWS, 6.8 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, frosty winters.
- Elevation
- 660 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 644 mm
- 72 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 28.4°C
- 7 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 1.2°C
- 50 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
5 facilities within 5 km- 2.9 km
- 4.3 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Manganese & compounds · Fluoride compounds · Chromium (III) compounds
- 4.5 kmOther Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.Top reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 4.9 kmPrepared Animal and Bird Feed ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 4.9 kmOther Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.Top reported: Ammonia (total) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
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%.
Rooftop solar
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.
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).
Mortgage repayments
9 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2795.
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.
At $1,844,000 this is $1,244,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
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
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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
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 suburb'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 White Rock
Is White Rock a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in White Rock is low (12/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect White Rock?
White Rock has a low recorded bushfire history (19/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is White Rock a good place to live?
White Rock has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (64/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of White Rock?
White Rock, NSW had a population of 807 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for White Rock, NSW?
The postcode for White Rock, NSW is 2795.
How far is White Rock from Sydney?
White Rock is 211 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 181 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in White Rock?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in White Rock was $133,224 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 White Rock?
There are too few current rental listings in White Rock for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $310, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in White Rock?
The median age of residents in White Rock was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is White Rock at risk of bushfire?
White Rock has a low recorded bushfire history (19/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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.
How are the schools in White Rock?
There is 1 school inside the White Rock boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is White Rock walkable?
White Rock scores 19/100 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 air quality in White Rock?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to White Rock (Bathurst) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.3 µg/m³. That puts White Rock 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 White Rock?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to White Rock, Bathurst Airport AWS (6.8 km away), summer days average 28.4°C, winter nights 1.2°C, 644 mm of rain a year over 72 rainy days, and 7 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in White Rock?
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 White Rock belong to?
White Rock sits within the Bathurst local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in White Rock?
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 White Rock?
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 White Rock in?
White Rock sits within the federal Division of Calare, currently held by Andrew Gee (Independent).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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