Fairfield
213,677 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 102 km², 26 suburbs. Council website: fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
213,677
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.6% in a year
Density
2,105/km²
102 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
$50
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.2 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
2 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
26
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
- 39
- Median household income
- $1,390/week
- Median rent
- $390/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,000/month
- Households renting
- 38.1%
- Average household
- 3.2 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 2 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 1 of 10
Suburbs
26 suburbs where Fairfield holds most residents, plus 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabramatta | 21,142 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 12% | 1 |
| Fairfield (NSW) | 18,596 | 99% | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 6% | 1 |
| Bossley Park | 15,492 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 5% | 3 |
| Smithfield (NSW) | 13,160 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / <1% | 1 |
| Fairfield West | 12,981 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / <1% | 1 |
| Canley Heights | 12,320 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 3% | 1 |
| Mount Pritchard | 10,426 | 95% | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 4% | 1 |
| Canley Vale | 10,300 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 7% | 1 |
| Edensor Park | 10,279 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / <1% | 3 |
| Bonnyrigg | 9,785 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 6% | 1 |
| Fairfield Heights | 8,269 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 1 |
| Cabramatta West | 7,822 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 1 |
| Bonnyrigg Heights | 7,369 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 3 |
| Villawood | 7,051 | 31% | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 2% | 1 |
| Wetherill Park | 6,412 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 21% | 3 |
| St Johns Park | 6,302 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 3 |
| Greenfield Park | 5,394 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 6% | 2 |
| Fairfield East | 5,198 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 1 |
| Wakeley | 4,893 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 2 |
| Abbotsbury | 4,200 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | 0% / 66% | 9 |
| Carramar (NSW) | 3,475 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 5% | 1 |
| Prairiewood | 3,457 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 13% | 3 |
| Old Guildford | 2,857 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 2 |
| Lansvale | 2,595 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 28% | 2 |
| Horsley Park | 1,790 | All | $3.6MDec 2025 | – / 48% | 8 |
| Yennora | 1,675 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 2% | 1 |
| Cecil Park | 815 | All | $4.2MDec 2025 | 2% / 67% | 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
<1%
Over 2 of 27 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 26 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.1M
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.3M
- Highest suburb median
- $4.2M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 24 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 271
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 164
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 823
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,996
- 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
- Fowler · Dai LE (IND)59%
- McMahon · Chris BOWEN (ALP)29%
- Werriwa · Anne Maree STANLEY (ALP)9%
- Blaxland · Jason CLARE (ALP)3%
State districts
- Cabramatta · Tri Vo (ALP)44%
- Fairfield · David Saliba (ALP)34%
- Prospect · Hugh McDermott (ALP)11%
- Liverpool · Charishma Kaliyanda (ALP)9%
- Holsworthy · Tina Ayyad (LIB)1%
- Badgerys Creek · Tanya Davies (LIB)1%
- Granville · Julia Finn (ALP)1%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 4 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
- 15
- of 105 tracked
- Share cut
- 14.3%
- Typical cut
- 3.9%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Smithfield (NSW) (5), Bossley Park (4), Canley Heights (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.