General Residential dominant. Median sale $502.5K over the last 24 months. 82% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Oberon is dominated by R1 — General Residential. Land use rules, height, FSR, and permitted developments are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan and refined by the Development Control Plan.
Limit varies by lot — check your address for the exact figure.
Floor Space Ratio — total floor area as a multiple of lot area.
Location
Oberon 2787 covers an undefined area within Oberon Council.
Drill into any lot in Oberon
Open the interactive map — click any address to see its zone, height, FSR, overlays, and approval likelihood.
Development potential
We score every lot for development signal — under-built relative to the controls, eligible for a granny flat, or sized for subdivision.
under SEPP (Housing) 2021
lots that may support subdivision
adjoining lots with combined upside
show at least one development signal
average uplift signal across the suburb
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Constraints & risks
42% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 1% of lots carry heritage controls; 2.7% of lots intersect a Threatened Ecological Community.
Suburb-wide percentages — your specific lot may have all, some, or none of these.
Mapped flood-prone land
RFS bushfire-prone land mapping
Heritage item or Conservation Area
Within 100 m of EPA-listed site
Mapped TEC vegetation
Coastal hazard mapping
ANEF / aircraft noise
Architectural designer · serves Oberon, NSW
8 Sirius St, Oberon NSW 2787
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
Greater Sydney Region Plan / NSW Department of Planning forecast.
DA activity
127 development applications for Oberon addresses were decided by Oberon Council over the past 24 months. 104 approved — a 82% approval rate.
Demographics & lifestyle
ABS Census 2021 population data combined with lot-level amenity, healthcare, lifestyle, and crime indices.
Walkable amenity within 1 km
GP / hospital / pharmacy proximity
Cafés, parks, schools, transport
ZoneDSS Marketplace
7 businesses serving Oberon and nearby.
Architectural designer
8 Sirius St, Oberon NSW 2787
Construction company
901 O'Connell Rd, Oberon NSW 2787
Architect
967 O'Connell Rd, Oberon NSW 2787
Real estate agency
106 Oberon St, Oberon NSW 2787
Conveyancer
129a Oberon St, Oberon NSW 2787
Real estate agency
83 Oberon St, Oberon NSW 2787
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Oberon is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 1,291 of 2,517 lots (53%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (53%), RU1 Primary Production (24%), R5 Large Lot Residential (15%), E1 Local Centre (4%), E4 General Industrial (4%).
Yes — 1,638 lots in Oberon appear eligible for a granny flat under SEPP (Housing) 2021, based on lot size, zoning, and frontage. Eligibility is lot-specific: get a planning report on your address to confirm.
The median sale price in Oberon over the past 24 months is $502,500, across 178 sales. Median unimproved land value is $226,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Oberon is $465. Gross rental yield works out to 5.6%.
Oberon Council decided 127 development applications for Oberon addresses over the past 24 months, with 104 approved (82% approval rate). Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Oberon, 1% with heritage controls, 41.8% bushfire-prone, 0.1% near contaminated sites. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
0 of 2,517 lots in Oberon show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 22.0 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Oberon Council and nearby postcodes.
Construction company · serves Oberon, NSW
901 O'Connell Rd, Oberon NSW 2787
Suburb-wide stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$2914-section report · LEP + SEPP + DCP cross-referenced · cited to source
Verify with official sources
Don't take our word for it. Every figure on this page is computed from authoritative New South Wales Government data — and you can verify any of it directly with the source.
Official zoning, height, FSR, and overlay maps for any NSW address. The primary source for everything on this page.
planningportal.nsw.gov.au
Cadastral lot boundaries, aerial imagery, easements, and environmental overlays from NSW Spatial Services.
maps.six.nsw.gov.au
State-listed heritage items and Heritage Conservation Areas. Search by suburb to see what's listed in Oberon.
hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au
Sites notified to the EPA under the Contaminated Land Management Act. Critical for due diligence on any address.
apps.epa.nsw.gov.au
Rural Fire Service map of bushfire-prone land categories. Triggers BAL assessment requirements for new builds.
rfs.nsw.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics QuickStats for postcode 2787 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Oberon Council Local Environmental Plan, applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, and the Development Control Plan. Property sales drawn from NSW Property Sales Information. DA history aggregated from the NSW Planning Portal. Heritage, flood, bushfire, contaminated land, TEC, sea-level rise, and aircraft noise overlays from the NSW Spatial Services and EPA registers. Population, age, income, and tenure from ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-04-27.
Suburb-wide statistics — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →