Rural acreage suburb about 49 km north-west of the Sydney CBD in the City of Hawkesbury, home to 2,027 people at the 2021 census. Oakville is classic semi-rural Sydney fringe — hobby farms, horse properties and paddocks — with a quiet community built around Oakville Public School and Arndell Anglican College. The suburb has a place in Australian television history: Clare House on Clare Crescent was used as the 'Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital' in the long-running Channel 7 series A Country Practice (1981–1994).
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Region | Hills District |
| Council (LGA) | City of Hawkesbury |
| Postcode | 2765 |
| Distance to Sydney CBD | Oakville is about 49 km north-west of the Sydney CBD. By car the trip to the city typically runs 60–80 minutes via Windsor Road and the… |
| Median house price | ~$2.75M (median house price over the past year, realestate.com.au suburb data, retrieved Sep 2026) (mid-2026) |
| Typical rent | ~$900–$987/week |
Transport
Oakville has no railway station and bus services are limited — local and school routes run by Busways and CDC NSW connect the suburb with Windsor, Riverstone and the surrounding area, and Arndell Anglican College notes that the two bus operators bring students to the college from across the district (Arndell Anglican College; Busways). Riverstone and Vineyard railway stations (Richmond line) sit just across the suburb's southern boundary in the adjacent suburbs of Riverstone and Vineyard, a short drive from most of Oakville.
Schools
Oakville Public School — NSW government primary school at 46 Ogden Road serving the local district (Oakville Public School). Arndell Anglican College — independent Anglican co-educational day school (Prep–Year 12) at 118–124 Wolseley Road, a member of the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation and the suburb's main private schooling option.
Shopping & Amenities
Oakville is a rural suburb with no shopping centre, supermarket or café strip; only scattered small businesses — such as the commercial property at 208 Boundary Road — sit within the suburb. Everyday retail and groceries are a short drive to the neighbouring centres of Riverstone and Vineyard just over the suburb's southern boundary.
Parks & Outdoors
Scheyville National Park, listed among Oakville's landmarks, is a major draw on the suburb's north-eastern edge, offering bushwalking, birdwatching and horse-riding country. Killarney Chain of Ponds and McKenzies Creek are the suburb's main waterways, and the surrounding rural paddocks and horse properties give Oakville itself a quiet, open-country setting.
Property Market
The median house price in Oakville was around ~$2.75M (median house price over the past year, realestate.com.au suburb data, retrieved Sep 2026) (mid-2026). See our full Sydney property price map for how the suburb compares across the city. Sales volume is tiny — only a handful of acreage sales a year — so medians swing widely between trackers: realestate.com.au puts the past-year house median at $2,750,000, while propertyreporter's $4.7M figure reflects one-off prestige acreage sales and should be disregarded. Houses average around 113 days on market. Oakville is almost entirely detached acreage housing with effectively no unit market. New supply is arriving only on the suburb's southern fringe via the Redgum Rise estate (see developments), gradually adding standard house-and-land product to an otherwise acreage market.
New Developments
Redgum Rise (Allam Homes) — the suburb's first large greenfield estate, on the southern fringe of Oakville (Clements Rise / Cecil Street), selling land from about $740,000 and house-and-land packages from about $1.4M. Otherwise Oakville remains rural acreage with minimal development, while adjoining growth areas of Box Hill and Riverstone to the south-east and south build out rapidly.
Jobs & Local Economy
Local employment centres on the suburb's institutions — Arndell Anglican College (Prep–Year 12) is the largest in-suburb workplace — alongside agriculture and equine enterprises on the acreage properties (Arndell Anglican College). Many residents commute to nearby employment and retail hubs in Riverstone, Windsor, Rouse Hill and Parramatta.
Nearby Suburbs
Pitt Town Bottoms, Pitt Town, Scheyville, McGraths Hill, Gables, Vineyard, Riverstone, Box Hill
Sources & method
Researched 5 September 2026 from named public sources — census and government records, transport authorities, council and planning documents — plus published sales data. Where sources disagree on a figure, the guide says so rather than picking one.
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