Penrith

231,701 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 405 km², 33 suburbs. Council website: penrithcity.nsw.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

231,701

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.2% in a year

Density

573/km²

405 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$950k

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$58

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

4.6 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

8 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

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: $1,903/week
Median rent: $400/week
Median mortgage repayment: $2,167/month
Households renting: 33.4%
Average household: 2.8 people

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD): decile 8 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD): decile 6 of 10

Suburbs

33 suburbs where Penrith 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
Glenmore Park	25,021	All	$1.2MDec 2025	– / 19%	9
St Clair (Penrith - NSW)	19,942	All	$1.1MDec 2025	– / 4%	5
Penrith	17,966	All	$1.1MDec 2025	– / 28%	3
Cranebrook	15,779	All	$1.0MDec 2025	– / 57%	5
St Marys (NSW)	13,256	All	$1.1MDec 2025	– / 23%	2
South Penrith	12,005	All	$1.1MDec 2025	– / 0%	5
Jordan Springs	11,772	All	$1.0MDec 2025	– / 74%	10
Kingswood (Penrith - NSW)	10,633	All	$1.0MDec 2025	– / 10%	2
Colyton	8,770	All	$998kDec 2025	– / 17%	2
Emu Plains	8,126	All	$1.1MDec 2025	– / 31%	7
Cambridge Park	7,054	All	$1000kDec 2025	– / 3%	2
Erskine Park	6,486	All	$1.2MDec 2025	– / 23%	7
Werrington	5,328	All	$1.0MDec 2025	– / 22%	3
Jamisontown	5,321	All	$1.1MDec 2025	– / 23%	4
Claremont Meadows	5,177	All	$1.2MDec 2025	– / 29%	7
Oxley Park	4,197	All	$955kDec 2025	– / 23%	2
North St Marys	4,123	All	$980kDec 2025	– / 42%	1
Londonderry (NSW)	4,024	All	$2.0MDec 2025	– / 98%	5
Werrington County	3,698	All	$1.0MDec 2025	– / 45%	5
Caddens	3,487	All	$789kDec 2025	– / 28%	10
Werrington Downs	3,221	All	$1.1MDec 2025	– / 8%	6
Emu Heights (NSW)	3,205	All	$1.1MDec 2025	– / 66%	8
Leonay	2,582	All	$1.3MDec 2025	– / 37%	10
Berkshire Park	2,149	All	$2.7MDec 2025	– / 97%
Kemps Creek	2,121	23%	$4.5MDec 2025	12% / 54%	5
Mulgoa	2,044	All	$2.2MDec 2025	– / 96%	9
Cambridge Gardens	2,030	All	$960kDec 2025	– / 1%	5
Luddenham	1,927	68%	$3.3MDec 2025	5% / 81%	10
Orchard Hills	1,798	All	$2.7MDec 2025	– / 85%	7
Wallacia	1,711	72%	$1.2MDec 2025	– / 88%	6
Llandilo	1,618	All	$2.5MDec 2025	– / 96%	4
Castlereagh	1,248	All	$3.0MDec 2025	0% / 94%	8
Mount Vernon	1,235	All	$3.5MDec 2025	– / 38%	10
Agnes Banks	996	49%	$1.2MDec 2025	– / 74%	9
Regentville	829	All	$1.3MDec 2025	– / 40%	7
Badgerys Creek	168	6%		13% / 61%	6

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

Over 4 of 36 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)

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Bushfire-prone land

30%

Over 36 of 36 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 36 of 36 member suburbs

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Suburb prices

Across the 33 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).

Lowest suburb median: $789k
Median of suburb medians: $1.1M
Highest suburb median: $3.5M

Recorded crime

Offences per 100,000 residents over the 27 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.

Break and enter: 612; per 100k · NSW 2025
Motor vehicle theft: 241; per 100k · NSW 2025
property_damage: 1,534; per 100k · NSW 2025
Violent crime: 3,125; 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

Lindsay · Melissa McINTOSH (LP)80%
McMahon · Chris BOWEN (ALP)13%
Macquarie · Susan TEMPLEMAN (ALP)6%
Hume · Angus TAYLOR (LP)1%

State districts

Penrith · Karen McKeown (ALP)40%
Londonderry · Prue Car (ALP)32%
Badgerys Creek · Tanya Davies (LIB)28%

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.

These figures have not been updated for more than three days. Every “last 30 days” count in this section runs to 12 Sep 2026, not to today, while the listing crawl is interrupted.

Listings cut: 21; of 184 tracked
Share cut: 11.4%
Typical cut: 4.2%; median over every cut listing

Most cuts: Jordan Springs (11), St Marys (NSW) (6), South Penrith (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.

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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.