Oxley is the smallest suburb in Canberra. It is located in the district of Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after the explorer John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1783 to 1828), who explored parts of New South Wales.
It was gazetted on 22 March 1982 and first settled in 1985. Streets are named after social reformers. It is next to the suburbs of Greenway, Wanniassa and Monash and is bounded by Drakeford Drive, Taverner Street and Erindale Drive. (source)
Median property value for Oxley 2903 (source)
2001 | $170k |
2011 | $399k |
| 2016 | $520k |
Statistics about Oxley (source)
Area of Oxley | 1.08 sq Kms |
People | 1,693 |
Male | 836 |
Female | 857 |
Median age | 35 |
Families | 479 |
Average children per family | 1.9 |
All private dwellings | 653 |
Average people per household | 2.7 |
Median weekly household income | 2,106 |
Median monthly mortgage repayments | 1,950 |
Median weekly rent | 330 |
Average motor vehicles per dwelling | 2 |
The most common ancestries in Oxley were
Australian | 27.7% |
English | 24.9% |
Irish | 10.6% |
Scottish | 7.3% |
German | 3.4% |
