Oakey Park vs Vale Of Clwydd
Vale Of Clwydd is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 48 in Oakey Park. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Vale Of Clwydd, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Oakey Park: a median of $615,000, against $548,000 in Vale Of Clwydd.
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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Oakey Park has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 81%)
- Vale Of Clwydd carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 58/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Oakey Park leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 30%)
- Vale Of Clwydd has cheaper houses ($547,500 vs $615,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Vale Of Clwydd
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (39% vs 22%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Vale Of Clwydd
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (130 min vs 135 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (145.4 km vs 148.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Vale Of Clwydd
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (48/100 vs 58/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Oakey Park and Vale Of Clwydd 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
Vale Of Clwydd has more residents (465 vs 305); Oakey Park skews older (48 vs 39).
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 305 | 465 +52% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -6.7% | -3.9% |
| Median age | 48 | 39 |
| Median household income | $53,924/yr +4% vs other | $51,740/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $270/wk | $280/wk +4% vs other |
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.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.2%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $615,000 | $547,500 |
| Median unit price | — | $374,000 |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 78% | 81% |
| Residential | 13% | 14% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 5% | 1% |
| Industrial | 3% same for both | |
| 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
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 55 across Lithgow same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 13% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 14% of NSW | Higher than 12% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 77% of NSW | Higher than 75% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 75% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 47% of NSW | Higher than 46% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 76% of NSW | Higher than 65% of NSW |
Liveability
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | high-need area decile 1/10 |
Risk profile
Oakey Park carries more crime risk (58 vs 48).
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 99/100 same for both | |
| Crime | Moderate 58/100 | Moderate 48/100 |
| 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
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Oakey Park
- Zig Zag Public School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Vale Of Clwydd
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 1 |
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 1 |
Mobility
Oakey Park sits further from the CBD (148.6 km vs 145.4 km).
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 37/100 | 30/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 148.6 km +2% vs other | 145.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 135 min | 130 min |
| Public transport score | 22/100 Bus | 25/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 2.2 7-9am + 5-7pm | 5.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 9 min scheduled, not actual | 1 min scheduled, not actual |
| 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
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 964 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 1,072 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 68/100 | 45/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 26% 179 premises | 1% 290 premises |
Climate
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,150/yr same for both | |
| Council | Lithgow same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Calare same for both | |
| Member | Andrew Gee same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Oakey Park | Vale Of Clwydd | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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