blacktown
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.11M
+8.8% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Located in Western Sydney within Blacktown City, Blacktown features expansive public green space including Nurragingy Reserve and a diverse community where Punjabi is widely spoken.
Median house price
People
Housing
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Catholic · 22%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 6%
- No religion
- 17%
- Born overseas
- 53%
- English only at home
- 42%
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Blacktown
- Council population
- 405,742
- Council area
- 239 km²
- Density
- 1,699/km²
- Federal grants
- $20.74M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $51/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- McMahon
- Federal MP
- Chris Bowen (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 59% 2PP
- State electorate
- Blacktown
- State MP
- Stephen Bali (ALP)
Crime & safety
FY2024–25, 2-yr pooled. Recorded incidents: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR); adjusted to the ABS Crime Victimisation Survey; ABS ERP population denominator. All CC BY 4.0. Percentile is the population-weighted rank among suburbs in the same state — higher means more reported crime. Ranks are never compared across states, because each police force counts offences under its own rules.
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