Parramatta
279,014 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 84 km², 24 suburbs. Council website: cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
279,014
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.3% in a year
Density
3,330/km²
84 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.8M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$40
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
10.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
24
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
- 35
- Median household income
- $2,051/week
- Median rent
- $450/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,383/month
- Households renting
- 45.8%
- Average household
- 2.6 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Suburbs
24 suburbs where Parramatta holds most residents, plus 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parramatta | 30,211 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Epping (NSW) | 29,551 | All | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 7% | 10 |
| Carlingford | 28,044 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 10% | 10 |
| Lidcombe | 23,663 | 12% | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Eastwood (NSW) | 18,695 | 24% | $2.7MDec 2025 | – / 5% | 10 |
| Granville (NSW) | 16,716 | 36% | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 3 |
| Westmead | 16,555 | 50% | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Toongabbie (NSW) | 16,177 | 48% | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Wentworthville | 15,098 | 29% | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Wentworth Point | 12,703 | All | 0% / 0% | 10 | |
| Ermington | 12,686 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Winston Hills | 12,123 | 99% | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 8% | 10 |
| North Parramatta | 12,064 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 29% | 8 |
| Northmead | 11,261 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 23% | 9 |
| Beecroft | 10,291 | 26% | $2.6MDec 2025 | 0% / 29% | 10 |
| North Rocks | 9,136 | 94% | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 48% | 10 |
| Pendle Hill | 7,743 | 19% | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 6 |
| Rydalmere | 7,274 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Dundas Valley | 5,875 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / <1% | 9 |
| Oatlands (NSW) | 5,833 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 5% | 10 |
| Newington (NSW) | 5,648 | All | $1.9MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Telopea | 5,356 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 20% | 7 |
| Harris Park | 5,043 | All | $2.1MDec 2025 | 0% / 0% | 6 |
| Dundas (NSW) | 4,959 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 1% | 9 |
| Sydney Olympic Park | 4,848 | All | 0% / 5% | 10 | |
| Rosehill (NSW) | 4,047 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Constitution Hill | 4,030 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 6 |
| Silverwater (Parramatta - NSW) | 3,600 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | |
| Old Toongabbie | 3,276 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 1% | 9 |
| Melrose Park (NSW) | 2,059 | 24% | $2.5MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Mays Hill | 1,902 | 21% | $1.3MDec 2024 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Clyde (NSW) | 9 | All | – / 0% | ||
| Camellia | All | – / 0% |
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 4 of 33 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 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.4M
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.8M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.7M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 30 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 698
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 166
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 795
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 1,986
- 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
- Parramatta · Andrew CHARLTON (ALP)59%
- Berowra · Julian LEESER (LP)13%
- Mitchell · Alex HAWKE (LP)12%
- Reid · Sally SITOU (ALP)12%
- Blaxland · Jason CLARE (ALP)2%
- Bennelong · Jerome LAXALE (ALP)2%
State districts
- Parramatta · Donna Davis (ALP)40%
- Epping · Monica Tudehope (LIB)34%
- Winston Hills · Mark Taylor (LIB)12%
- Granville · Julia Finn (ALP)6%
- Prospect · Hugh McDermott (ALP)5%
- Ryde · Jordan Lane (LIB)2%
- Auburn · Lynda Voltz (ALP)1%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 5 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
- 13
- of 264 tracked
- Share cut
- 4.9%
- Typical cut
- 3.6%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Wentworth Point (8). 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.