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What it costs to live in Oberon, NSW
Oberon council area, New South Wales. About 5,595 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of New South Wales.
Rent
$430
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026 (from a small number of leases).
Pokies losses
The regulator reports this area with its neighbours, or kept some months private, so there's no figure for Oberon on its own.
See what we knowElectricity
$2,604
A year on the default offer in the Essential Energy network area, which covers most of Oberon, for 4,600 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $2,396.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
185c
A litre, on average, at 3 stations here over the year to September 2026. That's 7c less than the NSW average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Violent crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 56 of these in Oberon. That's 999 for every 100,000 people, or 84% of the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 988, so it's about the same.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 56 | 999 | 1,183 |
| 2024–25 | 69 | 1,231 | 1,171 |
| 2023–24 | 44 | 785 | 1,156 |
| 2022–23 | 40 | 714 | 1,084 |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 965 | 981 |
| 2020–21 | 55 | 988 | 1,055 |
| 2019–20 | 55 | 995 | 1,009 |
| 2018–19 | 53 | 979 | 1,008 |
| 2017–18 | 47 | 870 | 999 |
| 2016–17 | 46 | 854 | 1,000 |
Property crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 29 of these in Oberon. That's 517 for every 100,000 people, or 32% of the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,006, so it has come down 49%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 29 | 517 | 1,622 |
| 2024–25 | 43 | 767 | 1,589 |
| 2023–24 | 59 | 1,053 | 1,651 |
| 2022–23 | 52 | 929 | 1,572 |
| 2021–22 | 63 | 1,126 | 1,381 |
| 2020–21 | 56 | 1,006 | 1,544 |
| 2019–20 | 82 | 1,483 | 1,826 |
| 2018–19 | 95 | 1,756 | 2,022 |
| 2017–18 | 74 | 1,370 | 2,066 |
| 2016–17 | 86 | 1,596 | 2,184 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Oberon
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Arkstone
- Bald Ridge
- Ballyroe
- Black Springs
- Burraga
- Charlton (part)
- Chatham Valley
- Dog Rocks
- Duckmaloi
- Edith
- Essington
- Gilmandyke
- Gingkin
- Gurnang
- Hazelgrove
- Isabella
- Jaunter
- Jenolan
- Jeremy
- Jerrong
- Judds Creek
- Kanangra
- Mayfield (Oberon - NSW)
- Mount David
- Mount Olive (Oberon - NSW)
- Mount Werong
- Mozart
- Norway
- O'Connell (part)
- Oberon
- Paling Yards (Oberon - NSW)
- Porters Retreat
- Shooters Hill
- Tarana (part)
- The Lagoon (part)
- The Meadows
- Twenty Forests
- Wisemans Creek
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Oberon with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: NSW Government FuelCheck, CC BY-SA, so the fuel figure can be reused under the same licence.