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Oberon suburb profile

Oberon sits on the cool Oberon Plateau in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, acting as a compact service town for surrounding farmland and extensive pine and eucalypt forests. Its main street houses shops, a handful of cafes and council services, and the local economy is anchored by timber, agriculture and regional tourism. Residents include farming and forestry families, people after a quieter country lifestyle and retirees, with housing ranging from small weatherboard cottages and brick homes to larger rural lots. The district is known for an outdoors-oriented life, with nearby state forests and parkland for bushwalking, biking, fishing and scenic drives.

Oberon property market performance

Oberon has relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. The figures that are available show house values edged down 0.9% over the last 12 months.

There were 7 house sales over the last 3 months, and houses sold in a median of 53 days over the last 12 months.

The rental market in Oberon saw average house rents of $470 a week, up a modest 4.4% over the last 12 months, while average unit rents were $300 a week, down sharply 14.3% over the same period. House rents grew faster than unit rents.

HousesUnits
Median price
Past 3 months
N/AN/A
Change in value
Past 12 months
-0.9%N/A
Sold
Past 3 months
7N/A
Median days on market
Past 12 months
53N/A
Average rent
Past 12 months
$470$300
Change in rent
Past 12 months
4.4%-14.3%

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Oberon demographics

Oberon is a community of 3,319 people with a median age of 47 and a median household income of $1,321 a week, roughly $68,700 a year.

Families are dominated by couples: couple families with children make up 31.5% and couple families without children 47.7%, so together couple families account for about four in five families (79.2%). One-parent families represent 20.3% and other families 0.5%.

Homes in Oberon are mostly owner-occupied. Owned outright properties are 42.1% and homes owned with a mortgage are 29.7%, giving a combined owner-occupied share of 71.8%, while renters make up 28.2% of dwellings.

Suburbs near Oberon

Some popular suburbs near Oberon include:

  • Rockley: a small historic village in the central tablelands, surrounded by farmland.
  • Yetholme: a quiet farming locality set among rolling countryside.
  • The Lagoon: a rural area named for a local lagoon and surrounding wetlands.
  • Meadow Flat: a small village surrounded by open grazing country and farmland.
  • Hartley: a historic village with nineteenth-century stone buildings and a rural setting.

How does Oberon compare to nearby suburbs?

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