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Suburb profile ·Oberon LGA · NSW ·2787

Shooters Hill NSW 2787

Shooters Hill is in Oberon LGA, NSW, postcode 2787, with population 29.

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.

$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

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. 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
$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

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,720
Median rent · wk$200

Affordability

15%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,720/mo, while renters pay about $1,755/mo — renting runs $35/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$143K
Median rent · wk
$405
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,720

Household income

$143K household · yr+73.7% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$55K
Family
$143K
Household
$143K
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 · ~78.1% 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 Forestry
Rural / Green wedge 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

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
Shooters Hill NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Shooters Hill (postcode 2787) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Oberon local government area. With a population of 29, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $143K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and finance & insurance. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $405. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,720.

Public transport access includes 6 bus stops. 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$1,720
Rent · wk(Census)$200
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
Population29
Median age48
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$2,749
Personal income · wk$1,062
Persons / bedroom0.7
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$2,250 → $2,749
Change+22.2%
vs NSW median+1.6 pp
stablevs NSW 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops6
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
Strong evidence

Shooters Hill carries enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

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 · 6 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Shooters Hill 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 and hospital coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches and hospital coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

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

Jenolan most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$211/wk

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

Mount David better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$175/wk

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

Duckmaloi better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$105/wk

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

Shooters Hill FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Shooters Hill in?

    Shooters Hill 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 Shooters Hill?

    The median weekly rent in Shooters Hill 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 Shooters Hill?

    Rent context available: Shooters Hill 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 Shooters Hill a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Shooters Hill 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 Shooters Hill?

    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 Shooters Hill 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.