Camden
146,483 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 202 km², 19 suburbs. Council website: camden.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
146,483
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +3.7% in a year
Density
727/km²
202 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$42
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
11.1 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
19
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 33
- Median household income
- $2,353/week
- Median rent
- $500/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,500/month
- Households renting
- 24.8%
- Average household
- 3.1 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Suburbs
19 suburbs where Camden holds most residents, plus 3 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oran Park | 17,624 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 6% / 18% | 9 |
| Harrington Park | 13,332 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 52% | 10 |
| Mount Annan | 11,784 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 62% | 8 |
| Spring Farm (NSW) | 9,868 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 35% | 9 |
| Leppington | 9,423 | 86% | $943kDec 2025 | 9% / 33% | 9 |
| Gregory Hills | 9,142 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | 2% / 26% | 9 |
| Elderslie (Camden - NSW) | 7,878 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 13% | 8 |
| Narellan Vale | 6,931 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 7% | 7 |
| Gledswood Hills | 6,112 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 29% | 10 |
| Currans Hill | 5,541 | All | $988kDec 2025 | – / 50% | 6 |
| Camden South | 4,595 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 42% | 8 |
| Cobbitty | 4,206 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 82% | 10 |
| Camden | 3,378 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 55% | 5 |
| Narellan | 3,358 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 18% | 3 |
| Catherine Field | 2,609 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 11% / 52% | 8 |
| Bringelly | 2,433 | 23% | $4.0MDec 2025 | 4% / 80% | 6 |
| Rossmore (NSW) | 2,241 | 24% | $4.7MDec 2025 | 10% / 59% | 5 |
| Grasmere | 2,105 | All | $2.6MDec 2025 | – / 59% | 7 |
| Ellis Lane | 852 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 39% | 9 |
| Kirkham | 690 | All | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 77% | 10 |
| Cawdor (NSW) | 430 | 39% | – / 97% | 10 | |
| Smeaton Grange | 16 | All | – / 8% | 9 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Flood planning land
6%
Over 6 of 22 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 18 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $943k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.1M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.7M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 17 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 218
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 115
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 756
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,681
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Hume · Angus TAYLOR (LP)82%
- Macarthur · Mike FREELANDER (ALP)17%
- Werriwa · Anne Maree STANLEY (ALP)1%
State districts
- Camden · Sally Quinnell (ALP)72%
- Badgerys Creek · Tanya Davies (LIB)19%
- Leppington · Nathan Hagarty (ALP)9%
- Wollondilly · Judy Hannan (IND)1%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 2 suburbs of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 24 Sep 2026; newest crawl observation 12 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 10
- of 66 tracked
- Share cut
- 15.2%
- Typical cut
- 4.6%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Mount Annan (6), Harrington Park (4). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.