Fiddletown (postcode 2159) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Hornsby local government area. With a population of 259, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $133K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.4% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
Fiddletown has a median house price of $4.5 million, which has jumped by 19.9% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $1100. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,500.
Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Hornsby LGA is low at 1,277 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.3%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($4.5M/$1.5M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 33.9x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +19.9% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.