12 Rainbow Ave, West Ballina NSW 2478
West Ballina House
Technical details
How this sale compares
Sold for $840,000 in Jul 2026, up $70,000 (9%) on the $770,000 paid in Apr 2025. That is about 7.1% a year over 1.3 years.
Over the same period the median house price in West Ballina fell 4%, from $917,500 in 2025 to $885,000 in 2026.
The 2026 sale was 5% below the West Ballina median house price for that year ($885,000 across 31 sales).
At $1,370 per square metre of land, it compares with a West Ballina median of $1,476 per square metre over the last 12 months.
West Ballina medians use NSW Valuer General sales of $50,000 or more, leaving out part-interest transfers and contracts covering several properties, and need at least 10 sales in the period. See West Ballina sold prices by year.
Rent and yield
Houses in postcode 2478 rented for a median $850 a week, from 626 bonds lodged Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.
On its last sale of $840,000 on 22 Jul 2026, that rent is a gross yield of 5.3% a year, before costs and vacancies.
Median weekly rents from residential rental bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading, by postcode. This home's own rent may differ. See rents by bedrooms in West Ballina.
Planning controls
- Zone
- R2 Low Density Residential
- Minimum lot size
- 600 m²
- Maximum building height
- 8.5 m
From the Ballina Local Environmental Plan 2012 maps on the NSW Planning Portal, looked up at this address's map point on 22 Oct 2026. A control can cover only part of a site and plans change, so the council's planning certificate is the formal record. Planning data from the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, CC BY 4.0.
Related sales
Sale history
Sold is the contract date, when the sale was agreed. Settled is the date ownership transferred.
| Beds | Baths | Cars | Title reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2026 | 26 Aug 2026 | $840,000 | - | - | - | 63/246452 |
| 17 Apr 2025 | 8 May 2025 | $770,000 Property features as at 18 May 2025. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 63/246452 |
$840,000 Sold 22 Jul 2026
Settled26 Aug 2026
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Baths-
Cars-
Title reference: 63/246452
$770,000 Sold 17 Apr 2025
Settled8 May 2025
Beds3
Baths1
Cars1
Property features as at 18 May 2025. If the property has been renovated or altered, features may be different for sales before or after this date.
Title reference: 63/246452
Recent sales on Rainbow Ave
Sold in the last two years.
- 10 Rainbow Ave, West Ballina 2478 $885,000 sold 2 Apr 2026, 613 m²
- 22 Rainbow Avenue, West Ballina 2478 $870,000 sold 16 Apr 2025, 639 m²
Recent sales nearby
Sold in the last 12 months within about 400 metres.
- 30 Daydream Ave, West Ballina 2478 $865,000 sold 14 Sep 2026, 628 m²
- 6 Flinders Pl, West Ballina 2478 $745,000 sold 24 Aug 2026, 640 m²
- 25 Oakland Ave, West Ballina 2478 $860,000 sold 7 Aug 2026, 740 m²
- 5/3 Sunset Ave, West Ballina 2478 $750,000 sold 6 Aug 2026
- 20 Daydream Ave, West Ballina 2478 $812,000 sold 19 Jun 2026, 613 m²
- 3/19 Waterview Ct, West Ballina 2478 $950,000 sold 27 May 2026
- 40 Riverview Ave, West Ballina 2478 $840,000 sold 5 May 2026, 417 m²
- 44 Oakland Ave, West Ballina 2478 $802,000 sold 2 May 2026, 816 m²
Feature data history (beds/baths/cars)
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