Cumberland
256,906 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 73 km², 21 suburbs. Council website: cumberland.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
256,906
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.6% in a year
Density
3,534/km²
73 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.3M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$38
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
7.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
6 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
21
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
- 34
- Median household income
- $1,678/week
- Median rent
- $415/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,167/month
- Households renting
- 43.3%
- Average household
- 3.0 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 6 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Suburbs
21 suburbs where Cumberland holds most residents, plus 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn (NSW) | 39,333 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / <1% | 2 |
| Merrylands | 32,472 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 3 |
| Guildford (NSW) | 24,091 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 3% | 2 |
| Lidcombe | 23,663 | 88% | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Greystanes | 23,511 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 8% | 7 |
| Granville (NSW) | 16,716 | 64% | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 3 |
| Westmead | 16,555 | 50% | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Toongabbie (NSW) | 16,177 | 21% | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Wentworthville | 15,098 | 71% | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Chester Hill | 14,007 | 6% | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 5% | 2 |
| Berala | 8,757 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 3 |
| Pendle Hill | 7,743 | 81% | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 6 |
| Merrylands West | 7,054 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 3 |
| South Wentworthville | 6,913 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 6 |
| Girraween (NSW) | 6,256 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| South Granville | 5,829 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 8% | 1 |
| Guildford West | 5,762 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 2% | 3 |
| Pemulwuy | 5,532 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 0% / 51% | 10 |
| Regents Park (NSW) | 4,990 | 85% | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 3 |
| Mays Hill | 1,902 | 79% | $1.3MDec 2024 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Woodpark | 1,706 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 5 |
| Holroyd | 1,248 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Rookwood (NSW) | 3 | All | – / 4% |
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
0%
Over 1 of 23 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 20 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.2M
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.4M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.0M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 19 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 581
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 208
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 846
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,293
- 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
- Blaxland · Jason CLARE (ALP)63%
- Parramatta · Andrew CHARLTON (ALP)16%
- McMahon · Chris BOWEN (ALP)12%
- Reid · Sally SITOU (ALP)9%
State districts
- Granville · Julia Finn (ALP)45%
- Auburn · Lynda Voltz (ALP)31%
- Prospect · Hugh McDermott (ALP)24%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 1 suburb 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 11 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 3
- of 102 tracked
- Share cut
- 2.9%
- Typical cut
- 6.5%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Wentworthville (3). 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.