Woodstock NSW 2538

Woodstock is a rural locality in New South Wales, 225 km from Sydney CBD, around 3 hours 5 minutes by car. Population is 248; the median age is 53 and the median household income is $94,224 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The locality fell 2.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $216 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,292. Walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 248. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Woodstock sits at $1.95 million, broadly flat year-on-year. 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.

$1,950,000

Cheaper than 92% of NSW

Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Typically sold in 58 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period

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

Shoalhaven City Council has published 31 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 31 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Woodstock is very car-dependent on foot — at 8/100, nearly all errands require a car.

8
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km 27
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

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Woodstock.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
103
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
3 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

Shoalhaven: council population

The whole council area, not just Woodstock · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
111,755
+0.7% in a year
Change
+774
people since 2024
Density
24
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-248
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+702
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+320
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
6/10
5/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
9/10
8/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
5/10
4/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Woodstock is home to 248 residents, with a median age of 53 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

248

2.0% since 2016

Median Age

53

10.4% since 2016

Median Household Income

$94,224/yr

31.8% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$216/wk

80.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,292/mo

5.8% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.6

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$31,928/yr

2.2% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

21.1%

13.2% since 2016

Total Dwellings

76

8.6% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

94.6%

0.9% since 2016

Houses

98.7%

0.1% since 2016

Rental Stress

11.9%

36.8% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

29.2%

19.8% since 2016

Work From Home

20.2%

96.1% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 75 (98.7%)
Flats / Apartments 1 (1.3%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 49 (66.2%)
Mortgage 21 (28.4%)
Renting 4 (5.4%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
73.8%
English Spoken at Home
84.3%
Employment Rate
56.1%
24.9% since 2016
Completed Year 12
36.3%

Occupations

Managers 28 (23.1%)
Technicians & Trades 21 (17.4%)
Labourers 16 (13.2%)
Professionals 15 (12.4%)
Sales 13 (10.7%)
Clerical & Administrative 10 (8.3%)
Community & Personal Service 10 (8.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 5 (4.1%)

Religion

Christianity 111 (44.8%)
No Religion 87 (35.1%)
Buddhism 3 (1.2%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 9 (3.6%)
South Africa 4 (1.6%)
Germany 3 (1.2%)

Age Distribution

0-4 10 (4.0%)
5-14 24 (9.7%)
15-19 23 (9.3%)
20-24 3 (1.2%)
25-34 16 (6.5%)
35-44 27 (10.9%)
45-54 35 (14.1%)
55-64 48 (19.4%)
65-74 50 (20.2%)
75-84 11 (4.4%)
85+ 5 (2.0%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 21 (48.8%)
Lone Person 16 (37.2%)
One Parent Families 6 (14.0%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 67 (64.4%)
Worked from Home 21 (20.2%)
Car (passenger) 9 (8.7%)
Walked Only 7 (6.7%)

3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (4 of 121).

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.

Education

Certificate III & IV 38 (15.3%)
Bachelor Degree 26 (10.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 19 (7.7%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5 (2.0%)
Postgraduate Degree 4 (1.6%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 6 (8.1%)
2 cars 40 (54.1%)
3 cars 24 (32.4%)
4+ cars 8 (10.8%)

Council Rates

Shoalhaven
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,501 a year through Shoalhaven based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,501/yr
22% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Woodstock's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 67%
  • Environmental 33%
  • 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: Shoalhaven

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

In the year to August 2026, 854 new dwellings were approved across Shoalhaven. That mix is 513 houses and 341 units. Approvals are down 9.5% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
854dwellings
-9.5% YoY
Houses
513
detached dwellings
Units
341
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Ulladulla 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.

Climate & Setting

from Ulladulla AWS, 6.9 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
79 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
5.5 km
Near high-voltage lines
17.2% of addresses
20 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Annual rainfall
1,302 mm
100 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
23.9°C
2 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
9.6°C
0 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.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

1 facility within 5 km

EV adoption

0.9%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.22% in 2021
+0.3 points this year
Top 24% in NSW

In postcode 2538, 21 of 2,407 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.4% (81 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.2%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.22%
2022
0.35%
2023
0.34%
2024
0.60%
2025
0.87%

Rooftop solar

68
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.8 kW each

In postcode 2538, 718 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,052 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 62 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
44
2020
77
2021
71
2022
60
2023
51
2024
62
2025
56
2026
31

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

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$10,170
Loan amount
$1,560,000
Total interest over 30 years
$2,101,212

3 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2538.

Deposit
$390,000
Stamp duty
$88,537
Cash needed at settlement
$478,537

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 Gilmore

Currently held by Fiona Phillips Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Fiona Phillips 55.1% 44.9% +5.0
2022 Fiona Phillips 50.2% 49.8% +2.4
2019 Fiona Phillips 52.6% 47.4% -3.3

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

South Coast District

Currently held by Liza Butler Labor

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Liza Butler ALP 53.8%
2019 Shelley Hancock LP 60.5%
2015 Shelley Hancock LP 59.6%

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 Woodstock

What natural hazards affect Woodstock?

Woodstock has a low recorded bushfire history (27/100, 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 Woodstock?

Woodstock, NSW had a population of 248 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Woodstock, NSW?

The postcode for Woodstock, NSW is 2538.

How far is Woodstock from Sydney?

Woodstock is 225 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 183 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Woodstock?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Woodstock was $94,224 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 Woodstock?

There are too few current rental listings in Woodstock for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $216, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Woodstock?

The median age of residents in Woodstock was 53 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Woodstock at risk of bushfire?

Woodstock has a low recorded bushfire history (27/100). 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.

Is Woodstock walkable?

Woodstock scores 8/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 weather like in Woodstock?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Woodstock, Ulladulla AWS (6.9 km away), summer days average 23.9°C, winter nights 9.6°C, 1,302 mm of rain a year over 100 rainy days, and 2 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Woodstock?

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 Woodstock belong to?

Woodstock sits within the Shoalhaven local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Woodstock?

The average residential rates bill through Shoalhaven is $1,501 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Woodstock?

Across Shoalhaven, 854 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 9.5% 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 Woodstock in?

Woodstock sits within the federal Division of Gilmore, currently held by Fiona Phillips (Australian Labor Party).

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