Located in New South Wales within the Dubbo Regional local government area, Stuart Town is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 2820). It is home to about 241 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $47K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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 labourers, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The median house price in Stuart Town is $317,000, having declined steeply by 39.7% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $700. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 11.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $802.
Stuart Town is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 722, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 8 bus stops. The crime rate in the Dubbo Regional LGA is moderate at 6,837 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 11.5%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($317K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 6.7x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -39.7% year-on-year.