Orange NSW 2800
Orange is a suburb in New South Wales, 269 km from Sydney CBD, around 3 hours 45 minutes by car. Population is 41,232; the median age is 36 and the median household income is $85,332 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 8.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $330 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,690. The area shows high crime risk. Of 17 schools within the suburb boundary, 3 rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Orange a good suburb?
Orange scores a C (34/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
17 schools · 3 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 27/100 · 268.8 km · 225 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $730K · More affordable than 77% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 29/100 · Crime 85/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 36 · 41,232 residents
Liveability Rating
34 / 100 · Ranked #1161 in NSWEach bar is Orange's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Orange?
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Our score
34 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataOrange's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $730,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$730,000
Based on 1033 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 38 days — median across 524 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 62 sales $581K
- 3 bed 527 sales $670K
- 4 bed 331 sales $840K
- 5 bed 46 sales $886K
- 6 bed 5 sales $1.03M
Units
$513,000
Based on 94 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 46 days — median across 53 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 5 sales $705K
- 2 bed 62 sales $489K
- 3 bed 20 sales $576K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Orange are currently listed at around $799,000 on average. Based on 430 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$799K
430 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$510K
28 units listed in the last 6 months.
458 of the suburb's 15,412 dwellings (3.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Orange rent for around $600 a week on average, based on 317 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$600/wk
317 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$428/wk
66 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
383 rentals advertised against an estimated 5,363 rented homes (7.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $580/wk
- 176 bonds
- +27% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $445/wk
- 35 bonds
- +38% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2800 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025101 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 30% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2800.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$600/week ($31,000 a year) on a $799,000 median
$428/week ($22,000 a year) on a $510,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Orange safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Orange sits in the high band, with 3,793 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 2% on the prior year.
3,793 offences
1.8% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202569 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Orange City Council has published 1 flood study on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Schools
17 schools serve Orange, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Catherine McAuley Catholic Primary School Orange and OneSchool Global NSW - Orange lead the pack.
- • 8,452 students across 16 schools (avg 528)
- • Sectors: 9 Government, 5 Independent, 3 Catholic
- • ICSEA 751-1128, median 978 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange (1,030 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Orange is car-dependent on foot — at 27/100, most errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 10 supermarkets, 68 parks and 38 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Orange.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 497.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 315.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 170.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 17.9 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Orange.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 43%
- Premises covered
- 21,826
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Orange: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 103 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 10 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Orange is home to about 41,200 residents, with a median age of 36, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $85,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
41,232
Median Age
36
Median Household Income
$85,332/yr
Census Median Rent
$330/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,690/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$43,472/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.3%
Total Dwellings
15,412
Owner-Occupier Rate
65.2%
Houses
85.6%
Rental Stress
20.1%
Mortgage Stress
23.8%
Work From Home
11.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
738 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 178 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 5,201 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.9%
- Employment Rate
- 59.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 36.3%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
900 residents (2.2%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
7.5% of residents (2,876) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (2,227).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 38,309 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (146 of 19,299).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 21,777 people work here; 19,299 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.1 per resident). At least 10% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,668 a year through Orange based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 44%
- Residential 25%
- Environmental 13%
- Infrastructure and transport 8%
- Parks and recreation 6%
- Industrial 4%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Orange
In the year to August 2026, 238 new dwellings were approved across Orange. That mix is 215 houses and 23 units. Approvals are up 56.2% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 10.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.4 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Orange monitoring station, 3.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Orange Agricultural Institute, 7.6 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 845 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 8.5% of addresses
- 2,103 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 894 mm
- 79 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.3°C
- 1 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 2.2°C
- 23 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 3.9 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Toluene (methylbenzene)
EV adoption
In postcode 2800, 233 of 39,606 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.2% (1,259 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2800, 9,312 rooftop-solar systems totalling 71.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 19,355 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 654 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
19 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 22 across postcode 2800.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $730,000 this is $130,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Andrew Gee Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrew Gee | 37.7% | 62.3% | +3.2 |
| 2022 | Andrew Gee | 34.5% | 65.5% | +2.2 |
| 2019 | Andrew Gee | 36.7% | 63.3% | +1.5 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Philip Donato Independent
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Philip Donato IND | 71.9% |
| 2019 | Philip Donato | 65.2% |
| 2015 | Andrew Gee NP | 71.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Orange?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Orange
Is Orange a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Orange is high (85/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Orange?
Orange has a low recorded bushfire history (29/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Orange a good place to live?
Orange has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (34/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Orange?
Orange, NSW had a population of 41,232 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Orange, NSW?
The postcode for Orange, NSW is 2800.
How far is Orange from Sydney?
Orange is 269 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 225 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Orange?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Orange was $85,332 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Orange?
The median advertised rent in Orange is $600 a week for houses (317 listings) and $428 a week for units (66 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Orange?
The median age of residents in Orange was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Orange at risk of bushfire?
Orange has a low recorded bushfire history (29/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Orange?
There are 17 schools inside the Orange boundary: 3 above, 5 at, and 7 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Orange walkable?
Orange scores 27/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Orange?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Orange (Orange) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 10.8 µg/m³. That puts Orange below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Orange?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Orange, Orange Agricultural Institute (7.6 km away), summer days average 26.3°C, winter nights 2.2°C, 894 mm of rain a year over 79 rainy days, and 1 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Orange?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Orange belong to?
Orange sits within the Orange local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Orange?
The average residential rates bill through Orange is $1,668 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Orange?
Across Orange, 238 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 56.2% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Orange in?
Orange sits within the federal Division of Calare, currently held by Andrew Gee (Independent).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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