Oberon
5,595 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,625 km², 35 suburbs. Council website: oberon.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
5,595
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.1% in a year
Density
1.5/km²
3,625 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$585k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$728
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.1 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
5 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
35
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 47
- Median household income
- $1,441/week
- Median rent
- $280/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,560/month
- Households renting
- 20.6%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 5 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
35 suburbs where Oberon holds most residents, plus 3 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberon | 3,319 | All | $554kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 2 |
| O'Connell (NSW) | 653 | 93% | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| The Lagoon | 268 | 7% | $988kDec 2023 | 0% / 98% | 9 |
| Black Springs (NSW) | 227 | All | $700kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Tarana | 187 | 41% | $826kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Edith (NSW) | 120 | All | $526kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Wisemans Creek | 109 | All | $730kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Essington | 99 | All | $796kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Hazelgrove | 97 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Gurnang | 94 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Burraga | 82 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 2 |
| Chatham Valley | 69 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Porters Retreat | 64 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Gingkin | 62 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Isabella | 58 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Mozart | 58 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Norway | 58 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Mount David | 51 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Duckmaloi | 44 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Jenolan | 36 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Shooters Hill | 29 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Mount Olive (Oberon - NSW) | 28 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Arkstone | 24 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| The Meadows | 22 | All | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Bald Ridge | 17 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Charlton (NSW) | 17 | 43% | 0% / 100% | 6 | |
| Gilmandyke | 17 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Jerrong | 16 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Paling Yards (Oberon - NSW) | 13 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Judds Creek | 12 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Jaunter | 11 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Dog Rocks | 7 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Ballyroe | 3 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Mayfield (Oberon - NSW) | 3 | All | – / 95% | 5 | |
| Mount Werong | 3 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Jeremy | All | – / 100% | |||
| Kanangra | All | – / 100% | |||
| Twenty Forests | All | – / 100% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Flood planning land
0%
Over 2 of 38 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 7 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $526k
- Median of suburb medians
- $730k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.2M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 1 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 217
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 113
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 994
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,304
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Calare · Andrew GEE (IND)100%
- Riverina · Michael McCORMACK (NP)1%
State districts
- Bathurst · Paul Toole (NAT)100%
- Goulburn · Wendy Tuckerman (LIB)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.