Located in New South Wales within the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area, Googong is a mid-sized suburb (postcode 2620). The area has roughly 7,444 residents and a mix of families and early-career residents, with a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $175K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 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 professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Googong is $1.1 million, having posted strong gains by 8.9% over the past year. Units have a median price of $780,000 (+12.6% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $610. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,600.
Googong is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 1104, which is well above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 31 bus stops. The crime rate in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional LGA is below average at 2,419 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 2.8%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.1M/$1.5M). The price-to-income ratio of 6.4x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +8.9% year-on-year.