Charleys Forest's housing market is small — only a handful of recent activity, with 2 leases at $425 a week, renting out in about 99 days.
Who lives hereA largely mortgage-free, retirement-age suburb.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
16% report Irish ancestry, but only 0.0% were born in Ireland — the gap is the Australian-born and diaspora Irish community, invisible in birthplace alone.
A predominantly Australian-born community.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household earns about 1.4× the typical individual here.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Charleys Forest — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Charleys Forest in blue, peers in colour.
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Every market within reach of Charleys Forest, ranked by distance — each compared against this suburb's Houses · Total segment so divergence reads at a glance.
10 data-driven answers about Charleys Forest's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
The median weekly house rent in Charleys Forest is $425 as of June 2026, drawn from 2 leases over the past 12 months. House rents have moved −15.0% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
As of June 2026, Charleys Forest medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | — | — | $1.98M | — |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
Houses in Charleys Forest sell in a median 841 days on market as of June 2026. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Charleys Forest's house rental market sits at 0.0 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 2 houses leased over the past 12 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
The most-transacted segment in Charleys Forest over the 12 months to June 2026 is 4 bed houses with 1 sales. The 'Most popular' panel above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
Charleys Forest, NSW 2622 is home to 70 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 55, and the average household holds 2.1 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Charleys Forest earns $850 per week — roughly $44k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $589/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
Charleys Forest tilts towards renters: about 1% of households are owner-occupiers and 11% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 71% own outright and 43% are paying off a mortgage.
Charleys Forest, NSW 2622 has a population of 70, a median age of 55, a median household income around $850/week, 11% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
This Charleys Forest market data was last updated June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.
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