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Suburb profile ·Armidale Regional LGA · NSW ·2365

Oban NSW 2365

Oban is in Armidale Regional LGA, NSW, postcode 2365, with population 7.

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.

$362/wk
-3.5% YoY
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 14 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2365 · Apr 2026
$450
$260
Mar 2025Apr 2026
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
$362/wk
Rent context available
3.5%YoY D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7
7 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
800
36 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$250

Affordability

13%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$143K
Median rent · wk
$362

Household income

$143K household · yr+73.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$143K
Household
$143K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
1,818
6,143 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,143
Total incidents1,818· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault46952%
  • Sexual Offences12814%
  • Robbery91%
  • Break And Enter30233%

Full data detail

Oban NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Armidale Regional local government area, Oban is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2365). The area has roughly 7 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $143K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.

The current median weekly rent is $362.

The crime rate in the Armidale Regional LGA is moderate at 6,143 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$362
Property investors · Postcode 2365ATO
Negatively geared86 (4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,663/yr
Landlords (rental income)262
Reported capital gains215
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population7
Median age41
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$2,750
Personal income · wk$725
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Current status
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Oban as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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 · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · 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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Oban 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, transport stops, and population trend data.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals, 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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Guyra better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +2000 · adds house price coverage · rent -$102/wk

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

Armidale better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +24000 · adds house price coverage · rent -$72/wk

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

Castle Doyle better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$112/wk

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

Oban FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Oban in?

    Oban is in the Armidale Regional Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2365. Council-level context for Armidale Regional LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Oban?

    The median weekly rent in Oban is $362/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Oban?

    Rent context available: Oban 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. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Oban?

    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.

  5. How often is the Oban 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.