Porters Retreat, NSW
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
More advantaged than the national average
Porters Retreat is more socio-economically advantaged than about 70% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1023, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Porters Retreat a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Porters Retreat from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
70/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (70/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
3/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $590 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 3% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Porters Retreat at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 64
- Median age
- 53
- Median weekly household income
- $1,687
- SEIFA score
- 1023
- Local government area
- Oberon
- Coordinates
- -33.9969, 149.7728
Map of Porters Retreat
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Housing & property in Porters Retreat
What it costs to live in Porters Retreat and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $590
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,474
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 78%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 22%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Porters Retreat demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Porters Retreat demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Porters Retreat using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 29% and 8% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 6 | 8% |
| Youth (15–24) | 11 | 15% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 17 | 23% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 18 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 21 | 29% |
Share of the 73 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 11 | 41% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 10 | 37% |
| Rented | 6 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 26 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 26 occupied private dwellings in Porters Retreat.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,875
- Median weekly personal income
- $735
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 5 (8%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 0 (0%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 0 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 22 (43%)
- Labour-force participation
- 58.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1%
- Employed full-time
- 25
- Employed part-time
- 10
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Porters Retreat
Is Porters Retreat a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Porters Retreat rates 48/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Porters Retreat?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Porters Retreat was $590, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,474. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Porters Retreat?
Porters Retreat is a suburb of New South Wales, Australia, in the Oberon local government area.
What is the population of Porters Retreat?
At the 2021 Census, Porters Retreat had a population of about 64.
Is Porters Retreat an advantaged area?
Porters Retreat has an ABS SEIFA score of 1023, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 70 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 70% of Australian suburbs.
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