Suburb profile

Essington NSW 2787

Essington is located in the Central West region of New South Wales, postcode 2787. It has 82 properties across 11 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Essington, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Essington

Essington, NSW 2787, sits in the Central West region and neighbours Oberon, Black Springs, Dog Rocks and Mayfield. Its 11 streets hold 82 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Oberon area. It had 4,834 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,381 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,517 a month and the median rent $280 a week. Of 1,795 dwellings, 1,674 were separate houses, 82 semi-detached, 26 flats and 9 other; 766 were owned outright, 530 owned with a mortgage and 404 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Essington

  • 4,834Peoplelive in the area
  • 48Median ageyears
  • $1,381Median household incomea week
  • $280Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,674
  • Townhouses and semis82
  • Flats and apartments26
  • Other9

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,517a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 766Owned with a mortgage 530Rented 404Other 95

Streets in Essington

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.