Corney Town vs Oakey Park
Oakey Park is the younger of the two, with a median age of 48 against 52 in Corney Town. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Corney Town, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Corney Town tends to suit people living alone and share households, while Oakey Park suits older residents.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Oakey Park
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
- is already more of a family suburb (48% vs 18%)
- But Corney Town carries lower crime risk (47/100 vs 58/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Oakey Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves renters under less rental stress (26% vs 35%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Corney Town
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (128 min vs 135 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (144.1 km vs 148.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Corney Town carries lower crime risk (47/100 vs 58/100)
- Oakey Park has more residents already 65 and over (22% vs 12%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Oakey Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (-6.7% vs -13.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Corney Town and Oakey Park drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Oakey Park has more residents (305 vs 66); Oakey Park has higher household incomes ($53,924 vs $39,624).
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 66 | 305 +362% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -13.2% | -6.7% |
| Median age | 52 | 48 |
| Median household income | $39,624/yr | $53,924/yr +36% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $270/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.7%).
Property market
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $615,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Oakey Park has more land zoned for conservation (78% vs 38%); Corney Town has more industrially zoned land (43% vs 3%).
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 38% | 78% |
| Industrial | 43% | 3% |
| Residential | 12% | 13% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 8% | 5% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 55 across Lithgow same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 4% of NSW | Higher than 14% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 79% of NSW | Higher than 77% of NSW |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 47% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 66% of NSW | Higher than 76% of NSW |
Liveability
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Oakey Park carries more crime risk (58 vs 47).
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 99/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 47/100 | Moderate 58/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 3 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Corney Town
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Oakey Park
- Zig Zag Public School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 3 |
Mobility
Oakey Park sits further from the CBD (148.6 km vs 144.1 km).
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 41/100 | 37/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 144.1 km | 148.6 km +3% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 128 min | 135 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 2790 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 36 postcode 2790 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.9%).
Setting
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 962 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 964 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 45/100 | 68/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 46 premises | 26% 179 premises |
Climate
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,147 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 23.8°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.2°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,150/yr same for both | |
| Council | Lithgow same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Corney Town | Oakey Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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