Porters Retreat is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Oberon local government area (postcode 2787). The area has roughly 64 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $88K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 most common occupations are managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Irish, Australian.
Median house prices in Porters Retreat sit at $330,000, little changed on a year ago. The current median weekly rent is $405. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,474.
Public transport access includes 5 bus stops. The crime rate in the Oberon LGA is low at 1,713 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 6.4% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($330K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 3.8x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. 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.