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Suburb profile ·Oberon LGA · NSW ·2787

Mount Werong NSW 2787

Mount Werong is in Oberon LGA, NSW, postcode 2787, with population 3.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$405/wk
Falling
-13.8% YoY
Mar 2025 → May 2026 · 15 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2787 · May 2026
$510
$400
Mar 2025May 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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Median house
—
No local house series
Median rent
$405/wk
Rent context available
↓13.8%YoY D9 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
917
54 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth—
Median rent · wk—
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
96
1,713 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

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

Bushfire exposure

NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land
Severe exposure ~100.0%
~100.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~100.0% 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

NSW Land Zoning (EPI)
Dominant zone National Parks and Nature Reserves
Public / Open space 100%

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

ABS projection · Oberon SA2 area · 2022 base
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
Mount Werong NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Oberon local government area, Mount Werong is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2787). The area has roughly 3 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 61. 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 current median weekly rent is $405.

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

Looking at the investment signals, 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—
Rent · wk(Census)—
Market rent · wk(2026-05)$405
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 2787ATO
Negatively geared4.3%
110 of filers
Avg rental loss$8,272/yr
Landlords (rental income)294
Reported capital gains184
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population3
Median age61
Household size0
HH income · wk—
Personal income · wk—
Persons / bedroom0
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
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
Nearby in Oberon LGA12
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Mount Werong is usable as a read, though it 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 Mount Werong 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

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similar suburb scale

pop same

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Mayfield most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

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Oberon better covered
better market coverage

pop +3300 · adds house price coverage · rent -$125/wk

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

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Mount Werong FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mount Werong in?

    Mount Werong is in the Oberon Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2787. 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 Mount Werong?

    The median weekly rent in Mount Werong is $405/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Mount Werong?

    Rent context available: Mount Werong 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 Mount Werong a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Werong 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 Mount Werong?

    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 Mount Werong 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.