Watton is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Bathurst Regional local government area (postcode 2795). With a population of 63, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $134K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. 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, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward education and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Median house prices in Watton stand at $448,000, having risen steeply by 35.6% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $520. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,734.
Public transport access includes 9 bus stops. The crime rate in the Bathurst Regional LGA is below average at 3,968 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 6.0%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($448K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 3.3x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +35.6% year-on-year.