Oban NSW 2365
18 addresses · 6 streets
New England Electorate › Armidale Regional LGA › Oban · 423 km from Sydney
Living Here
Oban is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 7 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,750 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Armidale Region - North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Oban itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 43.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 43.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 49.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Oban
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 5 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 0 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
70 bird observations recorded near Oban — most often seen:
- South-eastern Glossy Black-cockatoo (7)
- Tawny Frogmouth (7)
- Glossy Black-cockatoo (4)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (4)
- Southern Boobook (4)
- Diamond Firetail (3)
- Scarlet Robin (3)
- Black Swan (2)
- Brown Thornbill (2)
- Common Starling (2)
- Crested Shrike-tit (2)
- Eurasian Coot (2)
- Grey Fantail (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Oban
- Grey Teal (2)
- Nankeen Kestrel (2)
- Noisy Miner (2)
- Pacific Black Duck (2)
- Straw-necked Ibis (2)
- Superb Fairy-wren (2)
- Swamp Harrier (2)
- White-throated Treecreeper (2)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (2)
- Australasian Darter (1)
- Australasian Grebe (1)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (1)
- Australasian Shoveler (1)
- Australian King-parrot (1)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar (1)
- Australian Pelican (1)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Oban:
- Tubbamurra (8.2 km)
- Backwater (8.4 km)
- Bald Blair (9.2 km)
- Mount Mitchell (15 km)
- Wards Mistake (15.4 km)
- Falconer (15.6 km)
- Llangothlin (16.6 km)
- Brockley (17.5 km)
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Streets
- Bagot Road (2)
- Deans Road (1)
- Kerslakes Road (3)
- Mount Mitchell Road (8)
- Tubbamurra Road (1)
- Wards Mistake Road (3)