Parkville NSW 2337

Located in New South Wales, Parkville sits 285 km from Sydney CBD, around 3 hours 25 minutes by car. The locality has 275 residents, a median age of 41, and a median household income of $105,508 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The locality fell 8.9% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $285 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Q4 2025

Parkville's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $515,000 in the December 2025 quarter, about 4% below where it sat a year earlier. That said, only five sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level. Zoom out: prices have climbed roughly 11% over the past decade — 1.0% per year on average.

$515,000

last 5 quarters
Cheaper than 84% of NSW
↓ −3.8% year-on-year
↑ +10.8% over 2015–2025 (+1.0%/yr compound)

Based on 5 recorded sales in the quarter.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$560/wk
21 bonds
+48% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2337 (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 2025

112 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2337.

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.

Is Parkville safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Parkville sits in the low band, with 3 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 67% on the prior year.

3 offences

66.7% since 2024
Theft 2 (66.7%)
Property Damage 1 (33.3%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

1 crash

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality 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

Upper Hunter Shire 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

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Parkville is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 8% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Parkville.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
117
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 98%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 2%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
10 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Upper Hunter: council population

The whole council area, not just Parkville · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
14,425
Change
+2
people since 2024
Density
1.8
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-6
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-59
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+67
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
7/10
6/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
7/10
7/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
3/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Parkville is home to 275 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $106,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.9%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

275

8.9% since 2016

Median Age

41

10.8% since 2016

Median Household Income

$105,508/yr

45.0% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$285/wk

14.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,733/mo

3.2% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.6

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$43,004/yr

16.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

1.9%

62.7% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

10.4%

19.5% since 2016

Total Dwellings

96

6.8% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

84.0%

1.4% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

1.9% since 2016

Rental Stress

14.0%

21.8% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

19.7%

28.9% since 2016

Work From Home

15.8%

182.1% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 96 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 47 (50.0%)
Owned Outright 32 (34.0%)
Renting 15 (16.0%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
88.0%
English Spoken at Home
91.3%
Employment Rate
71.2%
5.6% since 2016
Completed Year 12
24.0%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 37 (23.0%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 24 (14.9%)
Managers 21 (13.0%)
Clerical & Administrative 20 (12.4%)
Sales 20 (12.4%)
Professionals 18 (11.2%)
Labourers 18 (11.2%)
Community & Personal Service 5 (3.1%)

Religion

Christianity 161 (58.5%)
No Religion 87 (31.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 3 (1.1%)
New Zealand 3 (1.1%)

Age Distribution

0-4 12 (4.4%)
5-14 31 (11.3%)
15-19 28 (10.2%)
20-24 13 (4.7%)
25-34 29 (10.5%)
35-44 28 (10.2%)
45-54 42 (15.3%)
55-64 47 (17.1%)
65-74 33 (12.0%)
75-84 10 (3.6%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 37 (56.1%)
Lone Person 22 (33.3%)
One Parent Families 4 (6.1%)
Group Household 3 (4.5%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 107 (77.0%)
Worked from Home 22 (15.8%)
Car (passenger) 5 (3.6%)
Walked Only 5 (3.6%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 61 (22.2%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 17 (6.2%)
Bachelor Degree 15 (5.5%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 21 (21.9%)
2 cars 40 (41.7%)
3 cars 21 (21.9%)
4+ cars 15 (15.6%)

Council Rates

Upper Hunter
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $968 a year through Upper Hunter based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$968/yr
21% below the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Parkville's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 99%
  • Zones under 1% 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Upper Hunter

The whole council area, not just Parkville · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 41 new dwellings were approved across Upper Hunter. That mix is 39 houses and 2 units. Approvals are down 20.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
41dwellings
-20.0% YoY
Houses
39
detached dwellings
Units
2
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Wanaruah 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

This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).

PM10 averaged 14.9 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1.

From the Aberdeen monitoring station, 23.0 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Scone Airport AWS, 8.8 km

Moderate rainfall — very hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation
280 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall
631 mm
69 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
31.6°C
30 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
4.1°C
21 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality 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.

EV adoption

0.2%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.0 points this year
Bottom 14% in NSW

In postcode 2337, 13 of 7,169 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (173 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.06%
2024
0.14%
2025
0.18%

Rooftop solar

41
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 8.3 kW each

In postcode 2337, 1,439 rooftop-solar systems totalling 11.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,492 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 94 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
122
2020
111
2021
102
2022
110
2023
116
2024
117
2025
99
2026
55

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).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

Q4-2025 median
I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$2,686
Loan amount
$412,000
Total interest over 30 years
$554,935

2 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2337.

Deposit
$103,000
Stamp duty
$17,362
Cash needed at settlement
$120,362

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.

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

Division of New England

Currently held by Barnaby Joyce The Nationals

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Barnaby Joyce 32.9% 67.1% -1.9
2022 Barnaby Joyce 33.6% 66.4% -1.2
2019 Barnaby Joyce 32.4% 67.6% +1.2

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Upper Hunter District

Currently held by Dave Layzell The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Dave Layzell NP 53.8%
2019 Michael Johnsen NP 52.6%
2015 Michael Johnsen NP 52.2%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Parkville

Is Parkville a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Parkville is low (19/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Parkville?

Parkville has a low recorded bushfire history (17/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Parkville?

Parkville, NSW had a population of 275 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Parkville, NSW?

The postcode for Parkville, NSW is 2337.

How far is Parkville from Sydney?

Parkville is 285 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 207 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Parkville?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Parkville was $105,508 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 Parkville?

There are too few current rental listings in Parkville for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $285, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Parkville?

The median age of residents in Parkville was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Parkville at risk of bushfire?

Parkville has a low recorded bushfire history (17/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality 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.

What is the weather like in Parkville?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Parkville, Scone Airport AWS (8.8 km away), summer days average 31.6°C, winter nights 4.1°C, 631 mm of rain a year over 69 rainy days, and 30 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

What is the median house price in Parkville?

The median sale price for houses in Parkville was $515,000 in the Q4 2025 quarter, based on 5 recorded sales.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Parkville?

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 Parkville belong to?

Parkville sits within the Upper Hunter local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Parkville?

The average residential rates bill through Upper Hunter is $968 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Parkville?

Across Upper Hunter, 41 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 20.0% 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 Parkville in?

Parkville sits within the federal Division of New England, currently held by Barnaby Joyce (The Nationals).

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