Covers Broken Hill, Broughams Gate, Fowlers Gap, Little Topar, Milparinka, Mutawintji, Packsaddle, Silverton and Tibooburra.
A postcode. New South Wales reports rents by postcode and by council area, never by suburb, so a postcode is the smallest area we can show here.
Population grew −0.5% over the year to 30 June 2025, against +1.5% for Australia over the same period.
Net internal migration was the largest component of that change, as an outflow.
Dwelling approvals were −74.4% against the twelve months before. Approvals are permission to build, not completed dwellings.
Completions over the same period were equivalent to 86% of commencements, for New South Wales. These figures compare pipeline flows and do not track individual approved dwellings through construction.
Achieved rents moved +6.3% over the year, against +5.9% for the middle postcode in New South Wales.
Each of these is a separate reading with its own rule and its own figures, set out under Housing Balance below. There is deliberately no single score: one number would hide which of them was doing the work.
At $340 a week, Postcode 2880 is cheaper than all but 1 of the 347 NSW postcodes we hold.
Half of new leases in Postcode 2880 were between $280 and $410 a week — a quarter came in under $280, and a quarter above $410.
Rents there are up 6.3% over the past year, about the same as the typical NSW postcode (up 5.9%).
Based on 125 new leases. Enough to be meaningful, but a single unusual quarter will move it.
The most common new lease there was a three-bedroom house, at $380 a week across 56 of them.
Houses there rent for $365 and units for $255, so the figure above sits between two different markets.
Median weekly rent of bonds lodged in the quarter, which is new lettings only. Every point is a figure the publisher published; nothing between them is filled in.
| Median weekly rent | $340 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| A quarter of new leases came in below | $280 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
| A quarter came in above | $410 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
| Median sale price | $255,000 | publisher’s figure · March quarter 2026 |
| Gross rental yield | 6.93% | calculated from the two above |
| Rental bonds held | 1,828 | publisher’s figure · June quarter 2026 |
Every quarter the publisher reported, as figures rather than a shape. Download as CSV — a stable link you can cite, check against the publisher’s own workbook, or put in a spreadsheet.
| Quarter | Median weekly rent | Change on the quarter before |
|---|---|---|
| June quarter 2026 | $340 | +3.7% |
| March quarter 2026 | $328 | -6.3% |
| December quarter 2025 | $350 | 0.0% |
| September quarter 2025 | $350 | +9.4% |
| June quarter 2025 | $320 | -3.0% |
| March quarter 2025 | $330 | +3.1% |
| December quarter 2024 | $320 | +6.7% |
| September quarter 2024 | $300 | 0.0% |
| June quarter 2024 | $300 | 0.0% |
| March quarter 2024 | $300 | 0.0% |
| December quarter 2023 | $300 | +7.1% |
| September quarter 2023 | $280 | -6.7% |
| June quarter 2023 | $300 | 0.0% |
| March quarter 2023 | $300 | +7.1% |
| December quarter 2022 | $280 | 0.0% |
| September quarter 2022 | $280 | 0.0% |
| June quarter 2022 | $280 | +3.7% |
| March quarter 2022 | $270 | 0.0% |
| December quarter 2021 | $270 | +3.8% |
| September quarter 2021 | $260 | +4.0% |
| June quarter 2021 | $250 | -7.4% |
| March quarter 2021 | $270 | +8.0% |
| December quarter 2020 | $250 | 0.0% |
| September quarter 2020 | $250 | +8.7% |
| June quarter 2020 | $230 | -11.5% |
| March quarter 2020 | $260 | +11.6% |
| December quarter 2019 | $233 | -6.8% |
| September quarter 2019 | $250 | +4.2% |
| June quarter 2019 | $240 | -4.0% |
| March quarter 2019 | $250 | 0.0% |
| December quarter 2018 | $250 | +8.7% |
| September quarter 2018 | $230 | -8.0% |
| June quarter 2018 | $250 | +4.2% |
| March quarter 2018 | $240 | -3.0% |
| December quarter 2017 | $248 | +7.6% |
| September quarter 2017 | $230 | — |
The figure above blends every dwelling type the publisher reports. These are the same quarter, split the way New South Wales splits it.
| Dwelling type | Median weekly rent | One year | New leases |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | $365 | +4.3% | 102 |
| Units and flats | $255 | 0.0% | — |
| All dwellings | $340 | +6.3% | 125 |
The postcodes either side of Postcode 2880, ranked by the same figure in the same quarter.
| Postcode | Median rent | One year |
|---|---|---|
| Postcode 2835Bulla, Canbelego and Cobar and 7 more | $305 | +8.9% |
| Postcode 2880Broken Hill, Broughams Gate and Fowlers Gap and 6 more | $340 | +6.3% |
| Postcode 2370Bald Nob, Diehard and Dundee and 22 more | $360 | +2.9% |
| Postcode 2400Ashley, Bullarah and Crooble and 4 more | $383 | +6.4% |
| Postcode 2390Baan Baa, Back Creek (Gwydir - NSW) and Berrigal and 12 more | $388 | -13.8% |
The same quarter, split the way New South Wales splits it. The figure at the top of this page blends all of these together, so it describes none of them exactly. A blank cell means the publisher reported nothing for that combination here — usually because there were too few new leases to publish.
| Size | Houses | Units and flats |
|---|---|---|
| 2 bedrooms | $33534 new leases | $260count withheld |
| 3 bedrooms | $38056 new leases | Not published |
The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes population and dwelling approvals by council area, not by postcode, and a postcode is not one of its statistical areas. Rather than report a neighbouring boundary’s figures as this market’s, neither is shown here. The council it sits in, Broken Hill, has both.
Where housing demand is coming from, how quickly supply is being delivered, and how rents are responding. Six readings, each with the figures behind it and the rule that turned those figures into a word. None of them says a market is short of housing: that needs household formation, which APRIQ does not hold, and is not estimated here.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not publish population for postcodes. The figures here are apportioned into Postcode 2880 from 2 statistical areas using the ABS population-weighted correspondence, so they are an estimate of this postcode rather than a measurement of it, and they are rounded to say so.
Weak
How fast the population is growing, against the national rate.
| Population growth, 2880 | −0.5% | the year to 30 June 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Population growth, Australia | +1.5% | the year to 30 June 2025 |
Strong when growth is at least half a percentage point above the national rate, weak when at least half a point below, moderate in between. Population is one ABS instrument measured the same way everywhere, so a market compares to Australia.
Net internal migration (an outflow)
Which component moved the population most over the latest year the ABS splits it.
| Natural increase, 2880 | −9 | the year to 30 June 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Net internal migration, 2880 | −118 | the year to 30 June 2025 |
| Net overseas migration, 2880 | +41 | the year to 30 June 2025 |
The largest of natural increase, net internal migration and net overseas migration by absolute size, so a large outflow is named rather than hidden inside a net total. This states which component was largest. It says nothing about why anyone moved.
Contracting
Whether dwelling approvals are running above or below the year before.
| Dwellings approved, weighted into 2880 from the areas the ABS counts | 8 | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| The twelve months before, weighted into 2880 from the areas the ABS counts | 31 | a year earlier |
| Change on the year before, 2880 | −74.4% | June quarter 2026 |
Expanding above +10%, contracting below −10%, stable in between, comparing twelve months of approvals against the twelve before them. An approval is permission to build, not a dwelling. Where a market is smaller than the areas the Australian Bureau of Statistics counts approvals for, this is a blend of those areas' own changes, weighted by how much of each the market covers — not a count of approvals here.
Moderate
How much housing is being finished, against how much is being started.
| Dwellings completed, New South Wales | 8,883 | March quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Dwellings started, New South Wales | 10,373 | March quarter 2026 |
| Completions as a share of commencements | 86% | March quarter 2026 |
Strong at or above 95% of commencements, weak below 80%, moderate in between, over the same twelve months. Completions during the period compared with commencements during the period — these figures compare pipeline flows and do not track individual approved dwellings through construction.
Moderate
How fast achieved rents are rising, against the rest of the state.
| Rent change over a year, Postcode 2880 | +6.3% | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Rent change over a year, the middle postcode in New South Wales | +5.9% | June quarter 2026 |
High when rents rose at least one percentage point faster than the state, low when at least a point slower, moderate in between. Compared against the state rather than the nation because each bond authority defines its own series: changes compare, levels do not.
Moderate
How much of this market's picture was measured for this market.
| Demand evidence | apportioned by an official ABS correspondence | how it was made |
|---|---|---|
| Components present | 5 of 5 | on this page |
High where the demand evidence was published for this geography and most components are present; moderate where it was derived through an official ABS correspondence; limited where it describes a larger area containing this market, or where components are missing.
| Statistical area | Its population | Share living in Postcode 2880 |
|---|---|---|
| Broken Hill | 17,515 | 100.0% |
| Far West | 2,302 | 21.5% |
2 SA2 area(s) apportioned into this postcode by population (Mesh Block grid) share, ABS ASGS 2021 correspondences, population weighted (v2021, transformation v1). Quality of the mapping, as the ABS rates it: Acceptable. The result is an estimate of this postcode built from measurements of those areas, and is rounded rather than printed to the person.
Four separate readings, each with the figures behind it and the rule that turned those figures into words. There is deliberately no single score: one number would hide which of these was doing the work, and a market with strong rental evidence and no population figure would score as though it had both. Every signal describes what has been measured — none of them is advice, and none says what will happen next.
Moving with the rest of New South Wales
How rents here moved over a year, against the typical postcode in New South Wales.
| Rent change over a year here | +6.3% | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| The middle postcode in New South Wales | +5.9% | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
| Difference | +0.4 percentage points | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
| Markets in the comparison | 347 | June quarter 2026 against a year earlier |
The difference between this market’s one-year rent change and the middle change across every postcode the same publisher reports, in percentage points: 3 or more above is well above, 1 above is above, within 1 either way is in line. Changes are compared within one state because each bond authority defines its own series — movement may be compared between them, the rent itself may not.
Not enough evidence
How fast the population here is changing, against how fast Australia is changing.
No population estimate is published for this market at a geography the ABS uses.
Not enough evidence
How many dwellings this market approved over twelve months for every thousand residents, against the national rate. Approvals are permission to build, not completed dwellings.
Dwelling approvals are published by council area, and this market is not one.
Adequate
How much weight the figures on this page can carry.
| New leases behind the current figure | 125 | June quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Quarters of history | 36 | to June quarter 2026 |
| How current | The latest quarter published anywhere | June quarter 2026 |
| Origin | As the publisher published it | June quarter 2026 |
| Knowability | Dated by the publisher’s own release timing | June quarter 2026 |
Strong needs 200 or more new leases behind the current figure, the most recent quarter published anywhere, and eight or more quarters of history. Adequate needs 50 leases and no more than one quarter behind. A withheld count cannot earn better than thin, because a suppressed number is unknown rather than small.
The latest figures here are for June quarter 2026, which ended 30 June 2026. The next is September quarter 2026, ending 30 September 2026; it appears here once the publisher releases it, and we do not predict that date.
The rent figures here are published by NSW Department of Communities and Justice and used under an open licence. Any other figure on this page names its own publisher on the line it appears on. Every rent figure is either as published or arithmetic on figures as published. APRIQ models and estimates nothing: where a figure is a publisher’s own estimate — an estimated resident population is one — it is called an estimate where it is shown. Growth is measured between named quarters, never by counting back rows, because an area is published only when it clears the publisher’s reporting threshold. This page exists because Postcode 2880 has 125 bonds behind its current figure and 36 quarters of history; markets with less than that get no page rather than a thin one. Method, sources and licences.