Marrangaroo is a close-knit residential community in New South Wales within the Lithgow local government area (postcode 2790). It is home to about 783 residents, with an established demographic and a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $119K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.5% 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 technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
Marrangaroo has a median house price of $1.1 million, which has risen steeply by 10.2% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $460. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Public transport access includes 18 bus stops. The crime rate in the Lithgow LGA is moderate at 4,672 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 2.1%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.1M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 9.4x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +10.2% year-on-year. Population growth of -0.5% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.