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Suburb profile ·Oberon LGA · NSW ·2580

Jerrong NSW 2580

Jerrong is in Oberon LGA, NSW, postcode 2580, with population 16.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$500/wk
Rising
+2.0% YoY
Mar 2025 → May 2026 · 15 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2580 · May 2026
$520
$465
Mar 2025May 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$500/wk
Rent context available
2.0%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
5,595
6K via Oberon LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
5,567
346 added 12mo · 40MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$640
Median rent · wk

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±1.8% around trend (short window, 15 pts)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Affordability

36%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $640/mo, while renters pay about $2,167/mo — renting runs $1,527/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$71K
Median rent · wk
$500
Owner mortgage · mo
$640

Household income

$71K household · yr-13.2% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$68K
Family
$286K
Household
$71K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
96
1,713 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,713
Total incidents96· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault3463%
  • Sexual Offences1324%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter713%

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~100.0%
~100.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~86.5% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Primary Production
Rural / Green wedge 85% Public / Open space 14%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

4,853 people · 20225,215 by 2032 (+7.5%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Oberon SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Jerrong NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Oberon local government area, Jerrong is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2580). With a population of 16, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 63. Households earn a median income of $71K per year, with an average household size of 1.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% 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 top ancestries reported are Australian, Irish, Italian.

The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $640.

The crime rate in the Oberon LGA is low at 1,713 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$640
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(2026-05)$500
Population growth · Oberon LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)5,595
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Oberon LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)17
Houses 88%Units 12%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Oberon LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.8%
YoY change+0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2580ATO
Negatively geared4.6%
831 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,670/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,974
Reported capital gains1,154
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population16
Median age63
Household size1.3
HH income · wk$1,374
Personal income · wk$1,312
Persons / bedroom0.5
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$474 → $1,374
Change+189.9%
vs NSW median+169.3 pp
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Oberon LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Oberon Multi Purpose Servicepublic
Aged care · Oberon LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places80
Columbia Aged Care Services - Oberon Village66 places
Oberon Multi-Purpose Service14 places
Childcare · Oberon LGAACECQA
Services3
Approved places142
Exceeding NQS0
Circle Early Learning Oberon77 places
Oberon Children's Centre45 places
ASPIRE OSHC O'Connell20 places
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Jerrong works as a starting read but still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-05 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Jerrong is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Jerrong feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Bald Ridge better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$300/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Charlton better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$350/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Gilmandyke better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$315/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Jerrong FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Jerrong in?

    Jerrong is in the Oberon Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2580. Council-level context for Oberon LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Jerrong?

    The median weekly rent in Jerrong is $500/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Jerrong?

    Rent context available: Jerrong has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Jerrong a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Jerrong show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Jerrong?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  6. How often is the Jerrong data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.