Waverly (postcode 2337) is a quiet locality in New South Wales within the Upper Hunter Shire local government area. The area has roughly 77 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 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, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
Median house prices in Waverly sit at $490,000, little changed on a year ago. The current median weekly rent is $500. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,336.
Public transport access includes 5 bus stops. The crime rate in the Upper Hunter Shire LGA is below average at 3,436 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 5.3%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($490K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 5.8x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year.