Collector (postcode 2581) is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Upper Lachlan Shire local government area. The area has roughly 376 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $114K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 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 public admin & safety and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Collector has a median house price of $993,000, which has declined by 4.3% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $625. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,967.
Collector is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1038, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Upper Lachlan Shire LGA is low at 1,532 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.3% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($993K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 8.7x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -4.3% year-on-year.